# Putin, the once and future Chekist

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Podcast: [The EI Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ei-podcast-916386)
Published: 2026-02-26T10:28:58+00:00
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## Resource

Gordon Corera contends that to truly understand Vladimir Putin, you have to understand the phenomenon of Chekism. Read by Leighton Pugh. Read the original essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/putin-the-once-and-future-chekist/ . Image: Vladimir Putin's East German Stasi identification card issued while he worked as a KGB agent in Dresden in 1985. Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd

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