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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/01/01/annals-of-the-kgb/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:59:57 -0400Annals of the KGB<![CDATA[We had a Ukrainian cab driver from our hotel to SeaTac yesterday. Having visited his former country in the eighties and having Odessa blood in my veins (father’s side), I engaged the driver in conversation about recent doings in Kiev. Typically Eastern European, he wasn’t particularly optimistic about the new democracy in the Ukraine. “Maybe in fifty years,” he said. The big problem was their neighbor Russia. “They are KGB. Putin. All of them,” he continued. This, of course, was no shock to me, but I hadn’t realized at the time, heading for the airport on New Year’s Eve, what today’s news would bring from that part of the world where Russia has halted natural gas sales to the Ukraine. When Russia’s state-controlled natural gas monopoly sets prices for the former members of the Soviet Union, it is sometimes difficult to separate politics from business.]]>Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:30:19 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2006/01/01/annals-of-the-kgb-n210890