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metabagel · 2022-01-13 · Original thread
This book seems to be very good, although I've only just started it.

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

https://www.amazon.com/Putins-People-Took-Back-Russia/dp/037...

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