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Russia puts journalist on 'wanted' list after he exposed Putin's purges of spy agency blamed for failings in Ukraine
Andrei Soldatov highlighted chaos in Russia's FSB, where senior officials were suspended in retribu…
Tom Porter
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Much of Putin's inner circle thinks Ukraine had nothing to do with the Moscow terror attack, badly undermining him, report says
Many Kremlin insiders reject Vladimir Putin's claim of Ukraine's connection to the recent Moscow te…
Mia Jankowicz
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In its latest terror response, Russia is no longer attempting to disguise the brutality of its state security
Russian security services have long kept their brutal treatment of suspects behind closed doors. No…
Tom Porter
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Putin new bodyguard incudes thousands of elite special forces, tanks and warplanes to make him 'coup-proof,' analyst says
Russian President Putin fears a coup and has beefed up his "Praetorian Guard," experts told The Tel…
Alia Shoaib
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Putin's advisors are 'on edge' as the Ukraine war has turned into a fiasco for the Russian military, expert says
An expert told The New York Times that Russia's military failures in its monthlong war with Ukraine…
Natalie Musumeci
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A senior Russian official was sent to a notorious Moscow jail in retribution for poor Ukraine intel, expert says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to punish top security officials, including senior FSB …
Tom Porter
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Putin sacked the FSB and put the secretive GRU spy agency in charge of Ukraine intelligence after a string of failures, top Russian journalists say
Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov's article follows multiple reports that Putin punished numerous F…
Bill Bostock
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Putin has ordered a hunt for 'Western spies' in the FSB, with intelligence failings blamed for the stalled invasion of Ukraine, expert says
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine becomes a grinding stalemate, Putin is blaming failings at Russia's…
Tom Porter
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Ukraine's President called out bad Russian intel, saying officials 'deceived themselves' into thinking they could quickly capture Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video address on March 24, one month since Russia's invasion of Ukrain…
Sinéad Baker
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Putin purged large numbers of FSB agents in retribution for poor Ukraine intelligence, Russia expert says
Numerous officers in the branch of Russia's secret service responsible for Ukraine have either been…
Mia Jankowicz
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UK spy chief says 'we believe Putin's advisers are afraid to tell him the truth,' leading to huge errors in Ukraine invasion
"It all adds up to the strategic miscalculation that our leaders warned Putin it would be," said GC…
Tom Porter
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Biden suggests Putin has confined or fired his closest allies as Russia's disastrous war continues in Ukraine, but no 'hard evidence'
Biden was responding to reports that Putin is being misinformed about the war in Ukraine because hi…
Erin Snodgrass
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Putin is rumored to be purging the Kremlin of Russian officials he blames for the faltering invasion of Ukraine
According to reports, Putin fired a senior military official and has placed others under house arre…
Tom Porter
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Putin's suspected purge of his inner circle was fueled by a misinformation bubble he created
"He got the bad advice that he asked for, even if he didn't realize he was asking for it," an exper…
Erin Snodgrass,Kelsey Vlamis
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Roman Abramovich injected himself into the Ukraine peace talks to curry favor with the governments sanctioning his business empire, experts say
The UK and the EU sanctioned Roman Abramovich last month. The Russian oligarch is now working for p…
Bill Bostock
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Why Edward Snowden won't be coming home anytime soon
"Just think of these paranoid guys - they're quite paranoid in most cases," Andrei Soldatov, a Russ…
Michael B Kelley
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Russian security agents suspected of treason reportedly charged with passing secrets to the CIA
Andrei Soldatov, who has studied the internet and Russian security services for more than a decade,…
Natasha Bertrand
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Why Snowden's Question To Putin Is So Important - And Good For The US
"The whole idea of Snowden's revelations, why it's important, why we need to think of all of these …
Michael Kelley
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Man investigating hackers for Russia's biggest cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky, arrested on charges of treason
Investigators are examining money that Stoyanov allegedly received from foreign companies, accordin…
Associated Press,Natasha Bert…
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Here's What 'Snowden-Putin Truthers' Believe
"My understanding is that all was prearranged, Putin and his advisers wanted some sort of question …