the following. he s a cnn special report december 5, 1989? it was a cold night in dresden, east germany and it would change the course of vladimir putin s life the berlin wall had just formed all over east germany angry crowds roamed the streets lashing out at symbols of communist rule that night in dresden they found a target. the local kgb headquarters a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger inside, peering through the curtain this was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin he was terrified that they re going to storm the building putin was a junior officer but the boss was away. he was in charge the berlin wall had come down, policework going to help and he called for instructions desperate for help. putin diouf kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. finally, one official told him simply, moscow is silent and i think it felt like a deep the trail vladimir putin was on his own he went
december 5, 1989 it was a cold night in dresden, east germany. and it would change the course of vladimir putin s life the berlin wall had just formed all over east germany, angry crowds roamed the streets lashing out at symbols of communist rule that night in dresden they found a target. the local kgb headquarters a mob surrounded the building as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger inside, peering through the curtains, was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin he was terrified that they re going to storm the building putin was a junior officer but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down. police weren t going to help. and he called for instructions desperate for help putin diouf kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again finally one official told him simply, moscow is silent. and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to vladimir putin was on his own he went down into the bowels of the building an
december 5th, 1989. it was a cold night in dredden, east germany. and it would change the course of vladamir putin s life. the berlin wall had just fallen. all over east germany, angry crowds roamed the streets, lashing out at symbols of communist rule. that night in dresden, they found a target. a local kgb headquarters. a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down. police weren t going to help, and he called for instructions. desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. finally one official told him simply moscow is silent. and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the buil
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Has a morale. remember, he says. it is better not to corner anyone. it would be a theme throughout vladimir putin s life, trapped in a corner only to fight his way out. remember, as a young kgb agent in dresden, he was unarmed, outnumbered, face-to-face with an angry mob, yet he still managed to turn the tables, but then in 1990, he encountered a force he could not defeat. [ chanting ] they are shouting freedom, freedom. he came home to the soviet union, a country he did not recognize. his homeland had been transformed by mikhail gorbachev and his policy of openness, glasnost. the soviet experiment with