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Dmitry Kochnev keeps watch over the Kremlin

Dmitry Kotchnev © ITAR-TASS News Agency/Alamy Banque D'Images

Of all Russia's security services, the FSO is most in the public eye, thanks to its spectacular guard duties at the Kremlin. It is also the service which has the most sensitive task, however, that of assuring Vladimir Putin's personal security. Dmitry Kochnev, who has been at its head for nearly six years, is a loyal Putin aide with a fist of iron. [...] (856 words)

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