> more aligned with the KGB rather than the party.
What was "the party?" The party itself been the puppet of:
1. KGB
2. Interior ministry
3. Military
Which were the real power behind it, and essentially were the source of CPSU policy, with ordinary low rank members being mere "shesterkas" errand boys.
So now what was the actual political force running the CPSU is now having an even more direct control of Russia, and without military, and MVD competing with them for power.
The CPSU was never even remotely the puppet of the KGB. The KGB had so little influence in the party that they weren't able to influence it without coups. All of which failed.
What was "the party?" The party itself been the puppet of:
1. KGB
2. Interior ministry
3. Military
Which were the real power behind it, and essentially were the source of CPSU policy, with ordinary low rank members being mere "shesterkas" errand boys.
So now what was the actual political force running the CPSU is now having an even more direct control of Russia, and without military, and MVD competing with them for power.