The Purges in Putin’s Shrinking Inner Circle | The New Yorker
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The frustrated Russian leader has punished officials for misjudging the invasion of Ukraine. But ordinary citizens remain in the dark.
Save this story Save this story I recently spoke by phone with Andrei Soldatov, an investigative journalist and an expert on the Russian state’s intelligence apparatus. Currently in London, Soldatov—along with Irina Borogan—has written “ The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia’s Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad ”; the pair also founded and edits the Web site Agentura.ru, which reports on Russia’s security services. (On Sunday, the site was blocked in the Russian Federation.) I called him to discuss recent reports of purges within the security services after Russian diplomat
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