10 Former KGB Officers Who Are Now Filthy Rich

Alexei Kondaurov was a former head analyst at Yukos — a company which provided 20 percent of Russia’s oil production before being driven to bankruptcy in 2006 — and is currently a member of Russia’s State Duma for the Communist Party. The ex-KGB general is irreverent about the conflict between his political ideology and his wealth, illustrated by his quote on being both a millionaire and a communist: “There’s no contradiction,” he said. “Engels was an oligarch and Lenin hardly a vagabond.”

The ex-KGB general is irreverent about the conflict between his political ideology and his wealth, illustrated by his quote on being both a millionaire and a communist: “There’s no contradiction,” he said. “Engels was an oligarch and Lenin hardly a vagabond.”