Fact Check Did Vladimir Putin Smuggle Washing Machine Out Of East Germany
This distinct secretiveness was perhaps invaluable during his career as a KGB spy in Dresden, Germany, during the Cold War. However, of what little information we have of his time in the secret service, one particularly unusual rumor appears to have slipped his grasp. The Claim A tweet published on October 1, 2022, claimed that after the end of the Cold War, Putin (who was working in east Germany as a KGB spy) returned to what is now Saint Petersburg with a washing machine....