From the UK’s Daily Mail:
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was described in German intelligence files as a ‘philanderer and a wifebeater’ when he was the deputy boss of the KGB.
Germany’s BND spy agency compiled reports on him when he was the KGB deputy boss in Dresden using an agent disguised as an interpreter.
Putin, who headed up the Soviet intelligence operations in the city between 1985 and 1990, is accused in the BND files of being a wifebeater who enjoyed a number of illicit liaisons behind the back of his wife Ludmilla, now 53, according to the Berliner Zeitung in the city.
Putin’s murky past was discovered by acknowledged BND expert Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, author of numerous books and papers on the agency.
He was researching the intelligence coup of placing an agent inside KGB headquarters for his doctorate when he came across the information about Putin’s extramarital affairs.
A senior intelligence expert in Germany said; ‘He is on the money on this. And I personally have it on authority from two previous presidents of the BND that Putin was a sexual player during his time in Dresden.’
The interpreter agent, a Baltic Russian with German roots identified only as Lenchen Sch., became a pal of Mrs. Putin and visited her at the flat at 101 Raderbergerstrasse she shared with her husband in the city.
The paper said Lenchen – codenamed ‘Balcony’ because of her large breasts – became a shoulder to cry on for Ludmilla as she poured her heart out about her then 33-year-old husband’s alleged infidelities and abuse.
German intelligence files claim Putin enjoyed secret liaisons behind the back of wife Ludmilla, 53
The Berliner Zeitung in Germany said Putin is alleged by Ludmilla to have used ‘domestic violence and to have had numerous sexual affairs.’
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