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Putin reaffirms trust in Alexander Linerts by keeping him on as head of GUSP

The man at the helm of Vladimir Putin's special programmes service, the GUSP, which handles any sensitive files not taken care of by the other services often with a focus on crisis management, has proven his worth to the Russian president. [...] (367 words)

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