Nikolai patrushev biography definition
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Who Is Nikolai Patrushev, Head Of The Russian Federal Police?
ByMichele Gama Sosa
Russian Federal Security head Nikolai Patrushev — who in was in line to govern Russia pro tempore while President Vladimir Putin underwent surgery for thyroid cancer — is virtually unknown in the West.
According to the Spisok Putina project, he was born in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) in to a military family of communists. After high school, he went to the KGB's training schools and ascended the ranks of the Soviet security apparatus.
He met fellow KGB operative Vladimir Putin during this time. After the USSR's collapse, he served the Republic of Karelia in anti-corruption and anti-smuggling capacities, reaching the rank of security commissioner.
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Patrushev's rise accelerated once the KGB became the FSB following the fall of the USSR.
Throughout his career, Patrushev has espoused Russian nationalism, with Politico calling him a "Kremlin hawk." But