Russia published documents showing that Putin was disciplined and devoted when he was a spy on the Soviet National Security Commission (KGB).

"Mr. Putin is constantly improving his ideological and political level. He actively participates in the party's educational network and constantly improves his professional skills," according to a one-page KGB document. announced at the exhibition on 30/10 of the Center for Historical and Political Archives of St. Petersburg, the second largest city of Russia.

Deciphered KGB documents describe President Vladimir Putin as a "disciplined and devoted" spy since the early years of his career at the age of 20. Putin, now 67, works for the KGB Secret Service. from the mid-1970s and was assigned a mission in Dresden, then East Germany, from 1985 to 1990.

Putin often receives "congratulations from the seniors" in the organization "for always completing the assigned work and achieving good results," the document said. In 2016, Putin revealed he still held the Soviet Communist Party membership card for emotional reasons.

Putin retired from the KGB when the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991. The KGB was later divided into two agencies: the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Foreign Intelligence Agency (FIS). Putin briefly briefly led the FSB in the late 1990s. Many former KGB agents now work in the Kremlin.