As we know, Vladimir Putin's career began in the state security organs. Many people around the future president and prime minister of Russia also began their service in the KGB. How much did this omnipotent organization help promote Putin and his closest employees to the heights of political power? With whose help have few figures known to a certain extent ascended the political Olympus? What secret springs operated here? A well-known analyst, former personnel officer of state security agencies Yevgeny Strigin talks about this in his book.