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| Russian | English |
| бывших чекистов не бывает | once a KGB man, always a KGB man (4uzhoj) |
| бывших чекистов не бывает | there is no such thing as a former KGB man (Charlie Rose: Somebody in Russia told me there is no such thing as a former KGB man. Once a KGB man, always a KGB man. 4uzhoj) |
| Бывших чекистов не бывает | Once a Chekist, always a Chekist (Источник -  independent.ie dimock) |
| кадровые чекисты | chekist cadre (He was supposed to recruit agents into our organization from among the Chekist cadre and to promote them to leading positionis so that they could seize power ... | The vogue for Andropov was such that members of Putin's chekist cadre hung calendars with his image over their desks ("Any country needs myths," said one ... Alexander Demidov) |
| кадровый чекист | Cheka member (All activists were thus required to some extent to behave like Cheka members. Alexander Demidov) |
| кадровый чекист | member of chekist cadre (Alexander Demidov) |
| отставной чекист | old intelligence officer (применительно к реалиям РФ) |