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Alexander Bastrykin, Putin's judicial and security watchdog

Russia's Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin at the Kremlin in Moscow, on 11 December 2019.
Russia's Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin at the Kremlin in Moscow, on 11 December 2019. © Sergei Guneyev/Sputnik/AFP
The powerful head of the Investigative Committee, who met the Kremlin leader over half a century ago, is a regime stalwart. In office for 15 years, Alexander Bastrykin has brought oligarchs to heel, handled a slew of sensitive dossiers, and is now at the vanguard of defending the invasion of Ukraine. [...]
Reading time 4 minutes Morgane Fert-Malka, Antoine Izambard

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