Like Putin, Ivanov is a former KGB officer who served in Europe during the Cold War.

研究人员称，普京和伊万诺夫都是冷战时期在欧洲服役的前克格勃官员。

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Unlike Primakov's circle, Lebedev had spent his entire intelligence career in the West, working (like Putin himself) for the KGB in East Germany and for the SVR in the United States.

与普利马科夫的圈子不同，列别捷夫的整个情报活动生涯都扑在了西方国家上，曾在克格勃东德区任职(这一点和普京一样)，在SVR期间则在美国工作。

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Like a bridegroom in church, Vladimir Putin arrived for the ceremony first.

就像教堂中的新郎一样，普京先到了典礼现场。

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He indicated he would like to see Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russia's former president - do the same.

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So it would be like Putin going to Washington for some important celebration through Cuba and then leaving through Pyongyang, through North Korea.

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With the war in the Middle East, Obama has his own audience to address on Orthodox Easter just like Putin, Yanukovych and Lukashenko.

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But for someone like Putin whose entire political strategy rested largely on keeping people away from politics, this seems like a pretty risky maneuver.

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