Banned, perhaps he won battlefield glory as a member of the modern KGB while invading Ukraine, as an active duty member of the FSB, which he claimed to be.
He planted propaganda here for almost 9 months.
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is the principal security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor agency to the USSR’s Committee of State Security (KGB).
Directors—Vladimir Putin, July 1998 – August 1999