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Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in Vilnius

Vladimir Milov once served under Putin. Now exiled, he's using his insights to bring down the Russian regime

Vladimir Milov served under Vladimir Putin in the early 2000s before becoming an enemy of the regime. (ABC News: Adrian Wilson)

Vladimir Milov does not mince words when it comes to Vladimir Putin, the man he once served as a deputy minister of energy.

"I think it's pretty clear that we are simply dealing with a murderer, with a person who thinks that it is OK to kill people. And he's been doing it all his life," Mr Milov told the ABC from Vilnius, where he now lives in exile.

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