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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart & Rachel Hagan

Former spy chief claims scared Putin using body doubles over assassination fears

A former spy chief has accused a scared Vladimir Putin of using body doubles over assassination fears.

Lt-Gen Valeriy Kondratiuk, ex-head of Ukraine ’s military and foreign intelligence, described the Russian leader as a “madman” and “tyrant” who was obsessed with his security.

He told the Kyiv Post newspaper that suggestions Russia was now run by Putin puppets were wide of the mark.

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