Russian President Vladimir Putin visited his former head of the KGB, Lazar Matvev, and congratulated him on his 90th birthday, writes "Rasha Tudej", as reported by B92.
Putin visited the former head of the KGB in East Germany with former colleagues Sergei Chemezov and Nikolai Tokarev.
Matvev lives in the eastern part of Moscow.
RT states that "it seems to be a surprise visit", given that Matvev was shocked.
Putin brought the former boss an "officer's gift" - a watch with the presidential coat of arms, as well as a rare copy of the newspaper "Pravda" from 1927 - the year Matvev was born.
It is further pointed out that the four of them then sat down to eat cake and "praise Matvev's contribution to the security of Russia".
Matvev spent more than 20 years abroad, during the eighties he was the head of KGB agents in Dresden. This is exactly where Putin, Chemezov and Tokarev worked.
Allegedly, he was in charge of connecting the KGB and East Germany's Ministry of State Security, better known as the Stasi.
Putin joined the KGB in 1975 and was in Dresden from 1985 to 1990. He left the service with the rank of lieutenant colonel when the Soviet Union disintegrated, but briefly headed the FSB in the late XNUMXs.
Chamezov is currently the head of Rosteh, the Russian state corporation responsible for the development and import of high-tech products, while Tokarev is the head of the oil giant Transneft.
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