After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russian President Vladimir Putin nominally resigned from the KGB with the rank of lieutenant colonel. But he never really left the KGB.
State Duma deputy Valery Seleznev suggested the measure as Russia endures heavy losses in its brutal invasion of Ukraine , and with the birth rate steadily declining since the fall of the USSR.
The US mulls swapping journalist Evan Gershkovich for Russians jailed in America for cybercrimes or held by other nations, the WSJ reports Read Full Article at RT.com