Putin’s KGB spy mentor ‘who knew where the bodies were buried’ and dared to criticise despot dies of mystery ‘disease’

VLADIMIR Putin’s KGB spy mentor who was demoted for publicly criticising the tyrant has died of an unexplained “disease”. Viktor Cherkesov is the latest of Putin’s cronies to die in mysterious circumstances this year. 5 Viktor Cherkesov, pictured left with Putin, has died Credit: East2West 5 Cherkesov was in charge of the KGB unit responsible for combating anti-Soviet propaganda in the 1980s Credit: East2West Ruthless Cherkesov, 72, was once in charge of crushing Soviet dissidents and was seen as crucial to Putin’s rise to power before the pair’s relations became strained. When Putin headed the FSB secret service before becoming… Read Full Article