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ON APRIL 18, 2022, former intelligence official, diplomat, and politician Vyacheslav Trubnikov passed away. He was a subtle analyst, a patriot, and a man with a strong sense of responsibility that is rarely encountered these days - someone who thought you should tell your boss the truth, no matter how inconvenient. He had wanted to be a mathematician, but instead became a specialist in international relations and India. Born into an ordinary Soviet family, he became a member of the elite of the former Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia. In 1961, he enrolled, with an endorsement from the Komsomol, in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Soviet Foreign Ministry (today the Russian Foreign Ministry's MGIMO University), having received top marks on all entrance exams. After graduating, he wanted to become a diplomat, but was offered an intelligence position, which he accepted.
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