Russian Tattoo - NON CRIMINAL

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Hello, yes, me again ^^

I'd like to thank all the kind helpers, I have learned so many things thanks to my previous post. Stay awesome, LD community.

I hit another snag in my story, but I'm afraid this one will be a lot harder to answer.
I'm still giving it a try, tho.

So. In canon, the Russian man working for the KGB in the early 1960s has a

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Tadaa ! We meet again, my friend! And again, you bring me the best answers!

- Thank you SO MUCH for the link.

- hahah, I didn't know about the bank robbing thing. Thanks a lot for the input.

- Yes, I think I'll write it off. Although, your first comment gave me an idea. What if...
Just bear with me for a second. So, he's a KGB agent. Doing undercover spy stuff. Could it be possible he got the tattoo because
a/he tried to infiltrate some underground mafia thing so he got some tattoos to appear more "friendly" before going in.
b/he tried to infiltrate some gang AND they asked him to get a tattoo as a proof of belonging.
Could either idea be possible, or I'm totally out of my league here? If these ideas don't work, I'll write it off.

- Yes, a tattoo on a KGB agent is absolutely stupid. ACK. I hate when writers and movie directors are not coherent, lol.

Bonus Point: Actually, it fits, the actor being Mr Hammer. ХАММЕР, HAMMER, it's just a phonetic/stylistic transposition. I mean, to the untrained/foreign eye, ХАММЕР looks like HAMMER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LINK. YOU AWESOME PERSON YOU.

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You're welcome :)

About the infiltration story... Theoretically possible, I guess. But then he'd be either specializing at dealing with criminals for the rest of his life or going to great lengths to cover it up. I mean, for your average Soviet citizen, tattoo=criminal=danger, so people in every day life would notice automatically.

I remember a Soviet comedy, "Gentlemen of fortune", where a kindergarten teacher got sent to infiltrate a criminal gang because he looked exactly like their leader. He had to get tattoos to pass for him - but they somehow made them non-permanent. Not sure how realistic that is, because that was a) a comedy and b) 1970s. But you'd think KGB figured out a way not to mark their agent for life :D

Maybe it is better to pretend the tattoo doesn't exist :D

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Thanks a lot for everything, that's a lot of help.
Thanks for the info on the soviet comedy! I learned so many things today, thank you so much!