Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Keeping things in the siloviki family

Al Jazeera reports that recently-replaced Russian prime minister, Mikhail Fradkov, has now been named the head of Russia's foreign intelligence agency.

Is this a promotion?

Putin names new Russian spy chief

"Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, has named his former prime minister as the new head of Russia's foreign intelligence agency...

"Fradkov served as prime minister under Putin for more than three years until he and his government stepped down last month ahead of upcoming elections...

"The agency Fradkov will head, the Foreign Intelligence Service, is one of the successor agencies to the Soviet-era KGB..."


See also Siloviki is not a menu item

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