About the book: 2017 / Colonel Alexey Rostovtsev served in various intelligence units of the KGB representative office in the GDR from 1965 to 1987. In the mid-eighties, he oversaw the activities of the Dresden KGB station, one of whose operational officers was Vladimir Putin. The author spoke frankly and in detail not only about his colleagues and subordinates, but also about the specifics of the daily life and activities of the operational officers of the KGB stations in East Germany, who engaged in the most labor-intensive and dangerous work - searching and recruiting agents.