A Russianpolitician from the old security or military services, often the KGB, FSB, and military officers or other security services who came into power during the 1990s or 2000s.
Origin
From Russian силови́к, from си́ла + adjective suffix -ов + agent suffix -ик, adjective: силово́й
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