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Examples
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Putin himself is a 'chekist' career intelligence officer at heart.
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He's never renounced or resigned from the KGB, and proudly declares himself a "chekist" to this very day.
La Russophobe 2010
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'chekist' career intelligence officer at heart, the president said.
The Guardian World News Luke Harding 2010
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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.
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Lucas's point is quite simple, Russia is governed by the "chekist regime" and the West made it happen.
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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
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The chekist deflated abruptly and led him to a farm cottage.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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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
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"No more Guards alive on this floor," the chekist said.
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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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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