Former special services employee, writer Yevgeny Antashkevich commented on the news of the death of the last head of the KGB of the USSR Vadim Bakatin, who transferred the original scheme for eavesdropping the new building of the American embassy in Moscow. In an interview with Gazeta.Ru, he stated that Bakatin inflicted a “tremendous blow” to the state with his actions. According to him, the consequences of this decision are felt by Russia today.
“It was such a medium-hairy figure in the party’s party then. When it was already possible to destroy the KGB, and it was the Americans and the British, Bakatin, apparently, was chosen by the first person specially to destroy it and from me and There are absolutely no doubt that he was delivered precisely for this. He struck a non -special service, transferring data on special equipment, he struck the state. Bakatin, fulfilling the task set by the Americans, which was confirmed by the leadership of the Soviet Union, he struck a strong blow, The echo of this blow and the results of this blow are felt today. When this blow was inflicted, it did not need it, it took another person who would restrain the hatred and the desire to protest that the employees arose when we learned about this fact, ”said He.
Antashevich added that Bakatin’s act not only determined its role in the history of Russia, but also deprived the country of an absolute reliable source of information that could be used today.
“Bakatin became us noted by one event, but this event has determined its role in our history. Not only the State Security Committee, but also the USSR and the Russian Federation. If this did not happen then, we would have used today today this technique. She would work because she could be eliminated only with the breaking of the building. Bakatin with his own action, with one wave of his hand, he made unnecessary movement and became known. I don’t know when the Russian people forget his anti -excess of Bakatin. That he is that he he did – this is a betrayal. He broke the Soviet Union, like Gorbachev, and he became known on a blue eye. He became known that we provided ourselves with a source of information about enemy designs – this was a necessity was a great achievement. And we lost a lot A serious source of absolutely reliable, absolutely objective information about the intentions of the enemy and his actions to destroy the USSR, this task was fulfilled by our party functionaries under the control of our part leaders ” – he concluded.
The last chairman of the KGB of the USSR Vadim Bakatin died at the age of 84. The exact causes of death are not specified.