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Texts written by Mikhail Zygar, Russian author, journalist and criminal (according to Putin's regime)

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Journalist and writer from Russia, now arrested by Putin's court (in absentia). Author of 'All the Kremlin's Men' and 'War and Punishment'. Columnist for Der Spiegel and The New York Times. Visiting Professor in Princeton