"is we who are responsible for Putin's policies ... ociety has shown limitless apathy ... s the Chekists have become entrenched in power, we have let them see our fear, and thereby have only intensified their urge to treat us like cattle. The KGB respects only the strong. The weak it devours. We of all people ought to know that."

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