President,an ex-KGB agent, observes security agency workers’ day each year, and marking the date dreaded Cheka secret police was formed by BolsheviksVladimir Putin,himself a former KGB agent, has honoured members and veterans of the Russian security services on their annual professional holiday – which marks the day that the dreaded Cheka secret police was formed in 1917.“We’re honouring courageous people of strong spirit, or true professionals,” Putin said in a statement posted to the Kremlin website. His congratulations followed a gala in the Kremlin on Saturday for spies, during which Putin praised the “efficient work” of intelligence officers in Syria, and where Russian forces acquire been backing president Bashar al-Assad. He also said Russian security agencies had exposed 320 foreign spies in 2015 and prevented “more than 30 crimes of a terrorist nature”.
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Source: theguardian.com