As one of several Australian journalists sanctioned by Russia, The Age and the Herald’s Tony Wright laments the end of his conspiracy to bring down the regime.
All these anxious covert years I held to the hope that my role in Vladimir Putin’s downfall would remain secret.I am not alone, though I had no idea of the eminence of my fellow 120 plotters.
I would like to tell that it began, as these things do, in Dresden, East Germany, during the depths of the Cold War.In this version I would relate that a scribbler of my acquaintance, John Le Carre – or so he called himself – pointed out a thin fellow with furtive eyes and a mean mouth. “Putin,” murmured Le Carre. “KGB resident. Keep an eye on him. He’s just moronic enough to go a long way.”But alas. I was not in Dresden that day. Perhaps it was Costello. Or Ita.
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