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  • Putin himself is a 'chekist' career intelligence officer at heart.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • He's never renounced or resigned from the KGB, and proudly declares himself a "chekist" to this very day.

    La Russophobe 2010

  • 'chekist' career intelligence officer at heart, the president said.

    The Guardian World News Luke Harding 2010

  • Look at the Sun through the photograph of the old man's broken leg and you'll see how a [chekist] and an oligarch Putin has stolen our Sun.

    Solar Eclipse Embarasses Government Tail in Russia 2008

  • Lucas's point is quite simple, Russia is governed by the "chekist regime" and the West made it happen.

    Putinizatsiya vs. schroederizatsiya of Europe. 2008

  • If you can defy the German Army, certainly you can defy this city-soft slug of a chekist!

    The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

  • The chekist deflated abruptly and led him to a farm cottage.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • The chekist wanted to stay, but KGB or not, he was only a colonel, and the General was exercising his legitimate prerogatives as commander on the scene.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • "No more Guards alive on this floor," the chekist said.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • Leo had never seen him before, but he knew immediately this man was a fellow chekist, a state security operative.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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