Shaun Walker

Shaun Walker is the Central and Eastern European correspondent for _The Guardian_ and author of the book, _The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past_, published by Oxford University Press. Follow him on Twitter at @shaunwalker7.

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How the Soviet Union’s Fall Pushed Putin to Try and Recapture Russia’s Global Importance

While serving in the KGB in East Berlin, Putin was shocked and humiliated to experience the collapse of Soviet power firsthand.