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Amy Knight, a former Woodrow Wilson fellow, is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement. She is the author of six books on Russian history and politics, including, most recently, Orders to Kill: The Putin Regime and Political Murder, published in 2017 by St. Martin's Press.Send her tips: tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.
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Putin’s Soft Spot for This Crony Is Ruining His Precious War
THICK AS THIEVESOne of Putin’s favorite insiders has been accused of plundering Russian assets instead of focusing on his day job. Sadly for the Kremlin, he’s supposed to be running the war.

Putin Pals Were Mysteriously Spared From U.S. Sanctions
MISSED A SPOTBanking tycoons Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman worked hard to embed themselves among Washington’s elite over the years—and their ties to Putin run deep.

The Russian People May Be Starting to Think Putin Is Insane
MADMAN THEORYThe more desperately Putin tries to demonstrate his authority ahead of elections in 2024, the more his grip on power may slip away.

Anti-Putin Campaigners: Sanction Oligarchs’ Large Adult Sons
RISE OF THE PRINCELINGSAs Biden announces his first punitive measures against the Kremlin, Russia’s anti-corruption campaigners say it’s time to stop cronies evading Western sanctions via their families.

Putin Says He Knows Nothing About His $1 Billion Palace
LYING TO YOUR FACEFacing growing national protests over his treatment of anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, the Russian president is backed into a corner over Navalny’s latest exposé.

Why Russia’s Overseas Spies Keep Getting Caught
OVER-EXPOSEDSpy rings keep getting busted and a massive hack of U.S. government departments has been exposed, but Russia’s spooks keep blundering on.

The Poison Trail That Led Straight to Putin
DANGEROUSThe Russian president was forced to admit that FSB agents had been trailing Alexei Navalny before his poisoning by the deadly nerve agent Novichok.

What is Putin’s Endgame With Americans Detained in Russia?
PAWNSThe investor Michael Calvey and former U.S. Marines Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed could prove to be valuable bargaining chips for Russia under a Biden administration.

Putin Is in Real Trouble as Former USSR Goes up in Flames
WALLS CLOSING INHoled up in isolation President Putin is facing the gravest crisis of his regime as domestic and foreign threats to his authority stack up faster than he can crush them.

Navalny Had Many Kremlin Enemies—but Who Wanted Him Dead?
BOTCHED JOBPutin and the Kremlin elite must be nervous about the improbable survival of the gadfly who exposed their corruption.
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