Russian Communism: Syndicate Statecraft Key insight: The intelligence services did not just survive the fall of the Soviet Union; they inherited it. The pakhans simply swapped their Party membership cards for corporate board seats and state security badges.

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Key insight: The intelligence services did not just survive the fall of the Soviet Union; they inherited it. The pakhans simply swapped their Party membership cards for corporate board seats and state security badges.

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