[tps_title]7. Philipp Bobkov[/tps_title]
Philipp Bobkov was a key player in the KGB during the 1980s and 90s, one who was instrumental in creating Soviet front organizations and resolving ethnic conflicts in the Soviet Union (and by “resolving” we mostly mean “inciting them and then taking credit for stopping them, by brutally suppressing the local population”).
He apparently quietened down in his old age, going on to work as the head of a prominent private security agency for the Media-Most company — an agency containing thousands of ex-KGB members.
Media-Most was founded by Russian media tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky, so while we haven’t got a figure on Bobkov’s earnings there, for being in charge of so many men we’d wager they were pretty healthy.
As a footnote, since said agency was accused of attempting to assassinate the oligarch Boris Berezovsky in 1994, Bobkov may not have given up on his dirty tricks just yet.
