{
  "id": 3101425,
  "title": "Putin extends Alexander Bastrykin’s term as Investigative Committee chief through 2027, using a 2024 law that lets him personally extend that term past age 70",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/putin-extends-alexander-bastrykins-term-as-investigative-committee",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T19:41:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/24/putin-extends-alexander-bastrykin-s-term-as-investigative-committee-chief-through-2027-using-a-2024-law-that-lets-him-personally-extend-that-term-past-age-70"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended Alexander Bastrykin’s term as head of the Investigative Committee, Russia’s top investigative agency, until August 27, 2027, according to a decree published on the government’s official legal information portal.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}