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The KGB and Chrystia Freeland

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Katy B Journals Shed Light on an Early Chapter of Christia Freeland's Life

Christia freeland was in ukraine for a stint from 19 88 to 19 89, around the period when these archival documents you found er are from. She would have been one of an increasingly large number of foreign exchange students coming to the soviet union. It's not surprising that she chose rather in going to mos o or saint petersburg, to go to kive because of her family's background there. Her mother is ucranian. And we know from the k g b that she was also getting up to a lot of other activities an the time as well. Because in their eyes, she's seen as an irritant in many roles. First as

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