The Broadcasting Corporation in Finland published an old video clip of Russian President Vladimir Putin, taken about three decades ago when he was an officer in the former Soviet intelligence agency, the KGB.
The authority said: the video Which dates back to the early 1990s and had not been published before. I obtained it from a source that I kept anonymous for security reasons, knowing that it was taken by amateurs.
In some shots, Putin knew he was being filmed, so he turned his back to the camera, and in other shots he looked down.
In the video, Putin appeared in a different appearance than what he is currently known for, as he is a person who is keen to enhance the image of a strong and elegant leader at the same time. His hair was long and irregular, although he rarely appeared this way.
The Finnish Authority says that this video shows the clear difference in Putin’s life, before and after taking power.
The Soviet intelligence officer at the time wore the famous suit, which was popular at that era in Europe, the Arab region and elsewhere.
This suit is known as the “shell suit.” It is informal and consists of a loose jacket with pants with an elastic drawstring at the waist, and is characterized by a shiny outer layer of polyester.
Time and location of the video
According to the Finnish authority, the video was filmed on the Labor Day holiday of May 1, during an unannounced trip by Putin and others to Finland.
Putin was 40 years old at the time, and prior to filming the video, he assumed the position of advisor to the mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, in addition to his intelligence work.
A glimpse of the beginning of the ascent
It is known that the beginning of Putin’s political rise to the top was with Sobchak. Putin became the right-hand man of the mayor of St. Petersburg, which acquired this name in 1991 after being called Leningrad during the Soviet era. Putin took over the foreign relations mission responsible for the city’s relations with countries around the world. Which shows the close relationship between the two men, as they were playing together, as the video showed, which was filmed in a guest house belonging to a Finnish company that imports wood from Russia. This guest house is located on the island of Torso in the Roseburg district, 96 kilometers west of the capital, Helsinki.
Putin…a multi-talented athlete
Table tennis and fishing
In the video, Putin was playing table tennis with Sobchak and others who were none other than the latter’s bodyguards, wearing an undershirt, but in other shots he was wearing a blue jacket with red stripes.
In the video, someone was heard saying that the match was indeed very fierce.
A Finnish source said that Putin’s main activity on this trip was fishing. In another part of the video, he is sailing with two people in a small boat on a fishing trip.
In the video, someone was heard saying that a lot of fish were caught, including a large one.
Putin’s wife at the time, Lyudmila Putin, was with him in the video, and appeared cutting fish, as were his two daughters.
Other footage documented Putin and his wife sitting next to their friends at a table where they ate.
It was noticeable that while Putin was eating, he looked sideways and listened to what the mayor was saying, something that might indicate the nature of the intelligence man.
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2023-09-24 18:22:33
