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Kgb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service). historical

    "President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile external forces (Chechens, NATO or free marketeers); and the fears of Westerners that if not for a strong, pragmatic leader, Russia will again become unruly, unstable and potentially aggressive."

  2. 2
    The security service of Belarus.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of known good board. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    formerly the predominant security police organization of Soviet Russia wordnet

Etymology

From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”).

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