However, by the “round date” they even launched the Soviet series “TASS is authorized to declare…” on TV. It’s not easy with him either. The series is based on the story of one of the biggest failures of the KGB of the USSR. A major spy was identified – Foreign Ministry employee Alexander Ogorodnik, who for a long time transmitted important information to the CIA about the activities of the Ministry. But the thirst for awards and early titles on the part of the KGB leadership became fatal in the development of Ogorodnik. The operatives and several generals of the second main committee who entered the apartment, for the purpose of the secret “Inspection” event, made so many “childish” mistakes that Ogorodnik was able to commit suicide with the help of a special poison in his pen.
In the film, everything is just the opposite and this is understandable. Yulian Semenov cleaned up the unprofessionalism of Soviet generals and turned history into a “victory.” And the series based on Semenov’s book was launched in 1984, when the Olympics were held in the United States, which was boycotted by the USSR.
As for the “anniversary” of TASS, not everything is so simple here either. The current General Director – ex-TV presenter of a Russian TV channel Andrei Kondrashov came to TASS a year ago, after the resignation of businessman and PR man Mikhailov. According to the source, Mikhailov was expelled after he was suspected of participating in a conspiracy against his immediate supervisor at the AP, Alexei Gromov. And in return, the old apparatchik and irreplaceable general director of VGTRK Oleg Dobrodeev got rid of Kondrashov, who was stalking him, by sending him for a “promotion.” Kondrashov cannot boast of any real success as a manager. 
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