{"id":1467845,"date":"2022-05-08T08:17:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T12:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1467845"},"modified":"2022-05-08T08:18:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T12:18:43","slug":"rebekah-koffler-putins-right-hand-man-nikolai-patrushev-is-more-barbaric-than-his-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rebekah-koffler-putins-right-hand-man-nikolai-patrushev-is-more-barbaric-than-his-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebekah Koffler: Putin\u2019s Right-Hand Man Nikolai Patrushev Is More Barbaric Than His Master"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frebekah-koffler-putins-right-hand-man-nikolai-patrushev-is-more-barbaric-than-his-master%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1467845&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For years, the US security establishment has been wishing for Russian President Vladimir Putin to get served a cup of tea with a touch of poison. But Washington should be careful what it wishes for. With Putin reportedly about to go <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/02\/vladimir-putin-to-undergo-cancer-surgery-transfer-power\/\">under the knife for a cancer surgery<\/a>, Putin\u2019s right-hand henchman, Nikolai Patrushev, is poised to temporarily take over, and he could be even worse than his master.<\/p>\n<p>Patrushev is the most influential person in the Kremlin bureaucracy and is the only person Putin trusts \u2014 to the extent he trusts anyone. The two  share more than a strong professional relationship. They are friends. Both Putin and Patrushev come from the same stock of Chekists, the term that refers to Soviet and Russian intelligence services known by the Russian acronym ChK, the powerful secret police agency in the USSR. Chekists view themselves as elite warriors, dedicated to protecting the fatherland from its enemies. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/nikolai-patrushev.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>As an\u00a0Army general, Patrushev outranks Putin, who only reached the title of colonel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Sipa USA via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both men have a military background, are trained to use weapons and famed for their brutality. During Stalin\u2019s era, known as \u201cRed Terror,\u201d Chekists eliminated \u201cenemies of the people\u201d using a \u201cspecial tradecraft\u201d \u2014 executions by a shot in the back of the head. <\/p>\n<p>Putin and Patrushev\u2019s friendship dates back to their KGB service, which Putin joined in 1975, one year after Patrushev was recruited. Both at different times also served as heads of the FSB, Russia\u2019s domestic security service, a successor of the KBG and a rough equivalent to the FBI. In 1998,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lenta.ru\/lib\/14160892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patrushev took over from Putin<\/a>\u00a0as Deputy Chief of Presidential Administration under Boris Yeltsin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/moscow-apartment-bombing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/moscow-apartment-bombing.jpg\" alt=\"A 1999 bombing at Moscow apartment buildings killed between 200 and 300 people and was blamed on Chechen terrorists. Some believe Patrushev and Putin ordered the explosion to encourage war against Chechnya.\" class=\"wp-image-22158370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/moscow-apartment-bombing.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/moscow-apartment-bombing.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/moscow-apartment-bombing.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A 1999 bombing at Moscow apartment buildings killed between 200 and 300 people and was blamed on Chechen terrorists. Some believe Patrushev and Putin ordered the explosion to encourage war against Chechnya. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lenta.ru\/lib\/14160892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Army general,<\/a>\u00a0Patrushev outranks Putin, who only reached the title of colonel. Nevertheless, Patrushev acts as a \u201cdevoted armor-bearer and like-minded accomplice\u201d to his commander in chief, according to a prominent Russian tabloid, playing a highly influential role in the formulation of Russia\u2019s foreign policy and security strategy. As the head of Russia\u2019s Security Council since 2008, Patrushev has almost certainly influenced the country\u2019s modern military doctrine, which formally codified NATO as Russia\u2019s top security threat. <\/p>\n<p>Patrushev also rivals Putin as a villain. Some believe the two ordered FSB officials to bomb apartment buildings in Moscow, killing between 200 and 300 residents in 1999, in order to blame Chechen terrorists and give Russia a pretext to unleash war on Chechnya. As a result, the popularity of then-Prime Minister Putin rose, helping him secure the Russian presidency in March 2000. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/alexander-litvinenko.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/alexander-litvinenko.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Litvinenko died in the intensive care unit of University College Hospital, London, in 2006 after being poisoned \u2014 allegedly under the orders of Putin and Patrushev.\" class=\"wp-image-22158377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/alexander-litvinenko.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/alexander-litvinenko.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/alexander-litvinenko.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Alexander Litvinenko died in the intensive care unit of University College Hospital, London, in 2006 after being poisoned \u2014 allegedly under the orders of Putin and Patrushev.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Alexander Litvinenko accused Putin and Patrushev of orchestrating the bombings in his book \u201cFSB Detonates Russia,\u201d he was poisoned by radioactive chemical Polonium-210, an assassination that British Supreme Court Judge Robert Owen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/russian\/news\/2016\/01\/160121_litvinenko_putin_inquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concluded<\/a> was \u201cprobably approved by President Putin and his Chief of FSB, Patrushev.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both men have likely authorized the poisonings and killings of many Russian \u201cenemies.\u201d As Head of the FSB, Patrushev\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lenta.ru\/lib\/14160892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">led a counter-terrorism program<\/a> calling for the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lenta.ru\/lib\/14160892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">liquidation of the leaders of the Chechen separatist movement<\/a>.\u201d Patrushev dispatched FSB operatives to hunt down and kill Chechen fighters, including Shamil Basayev in July 2006 and Aslan Maskhadov in March 2005. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/basayev-maskhadov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/basayev-maskhadov.jpg\" alt=\"Putin and Patrushev likely ordered the assassinations of Chechen fighters Shamil Basayev (left) and Aslan Maskhadov.\" class=\"wp-image-22158397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/basayev-maskhadov.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/basayev-maskhadov.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/basayev-maskhadov.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Putin and Patrushev likely ordered the assassinations of Chechen fighters Shamil Basayev (left) and Aslan Maskhadov. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FSB hitmen who carried out these targeted killings were given awards. The hitmen who were less successful got killed themselves, with Putin and Patrushev laying flowers at their funerals.<\/p>\n<p>Patrushev doesn\u2019t drink hard liquor, instead preferring the occasional glass of white wine. He is never late and doesn\u2019t like speaking with journalists, a professional habit that comes with being a spy for 50 years. But when he does, he carefully calibrates his words, highly aware that his speech is being analyzed by foreign intelligence services. Like Putin, Patrushev is a workaholic and always has an opinion, which he shares with his boss daily. While Putin is a judo master, Patrushev is a fan of volleyball and swims one kilometer in a pool four days a week, to shake off fatigue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/patrushev-volleyball-putin-judo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/patrushev-volleyball-putin-judo.jpg\" alt=\"Both avid athletes, Patrushev is a serious volleyball player and swimmer, while Putin favors Judo.\" class=\"wp-image-22158427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/patrushev-volleyball-putin-judo.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/patrushev-volleyball-putin-judo.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/patrushev-volleyball-putin-judo.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Both avid athletes, Patrushev is a serious volleyball player and swimmer, while Putin favors Judo. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Patrushev was likely one of the architects of Russia\u2019s invasion of Crimea in 2014. He also helped create a series of top-secret military plans, including \u2014 it is believed \u2014 the broad operational concepts for Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Like Putin, Patrushev is a rabid anti-American propagandist, who recently accused the United States of planning to drop a nuke in Ukraine and then blame Russia for it. On Wednesday,\u00a0he also <a href=\"https:\/\/rg.ru\/2022\/05\/04\/patrushev-zapadnaia-imperiia-lzhi-nacelena-na-unichtozhenie-rossii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blamed the West<\/a> for seeking to destroy Russia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/putin-patrushev.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/putin-patrushev.jpg\" alt=\"The relationship between Patrushev and Putin dates back decades. During Soviet times, both men served in the KGB and each was also appointed to lead the FSB, Russia&#039;s internal security apparatus.\" class=\"wp-image-22158436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/putin-patrushev.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/putin-patrushev.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/putin-patrushev.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/putin-patrushev.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The relationship between Patrushev and Putin dates back decades. During Soviet times, both men served in the KGB and each was also appointed to lead the FSB, Russia\u2019s internal security apparatus. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s an old Russian saying. Literally translated, it means: <em>\u201c<\/em>Two boots make a pair.\u201d And Putin and Patrushev fit together perfectly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rebekah Koffler is the president of Doctrine &#038; Strategy Consulting, a former DIA intelligence officer, and the author of\u202f \u201c<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Putins-2DPlaybook-2DRussias-2DSecret-2DAmerica_dp_1684510031_-3F-5Fencoding-3DUTF8-26pd-5Frd-5Fw-3DLcqhU-26pf-5Frd-5Fp-3D8b894231-2D4b84-2D44da-2D9446-2Dc27cf0e8abc2-26pf-5Frd-5Fr-3DP3YSQZ4ZKC4959QY0CW8-26pd-5Frd-5Fr-3D3723f5e2-2D58c9-2D47ec-2D8f79-2Ddc8c148c265e-26pd-5Frd-5Fwg-3D7vUGK-26ref-5F-3Dpd&#038;d=DwMFaQ&#038;c=uw6TLu4hwhHdiGJOgwcWD4AjKQx6zvFcGEsbfiY9-EI&#038;r=WKaH1vFYj7fnFkioUplDf7eyhgA7RmadhwSCcSrc0RM&#038;m=3dNukCsI4RFVX6jw0mmObxGP7qUJjeiVLWFl5OaTEDL4i5Tq7Bk1__zmAyjPUZx3&#038;s=EXvOiSx6YlQPERsrhoeyALa75iOKSug8YMwV2dL52fc&#038;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\"><em>Putin\u2019s Playbook: Russia\u2019s Secret Plan to\u202fDefeat America<\/em><\/a><em>.\u201d She also wrote the foreword for <em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Zelensky-Unlikely-Ukrainian-Defied-United\/dp\/1684513782\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=14EUAW0C15NAK&#038;keywords=zelensky+book&#038;qid=1649645699&#038;sprefix=zelensky+book%2Caps%2C44&#038;sr=8-2&#038;tag=nypost-20&#038;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2022%2F04%2F23%2Fwhat-the-west-fears-most-about-putins-nuclear-weapons%2F&#038;asc_source=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the World<\/a><\/em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, the US security establishment has been wishing for Russian President Vladimir Putin to get served a cup of tea with a touch of poison. 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