Russia

The ‘Puppet Master’ of Putin’s Kremlin Is Out, but His Sinister Policies Are Still In

EMINENCE GRISE

Vladislav Surkov was the ideologue of Putin's autocracy, a master of disinformation, and a ruthless supporter of Ukraine's separatists. Now he's been fired—but his ideas remain.

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