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  "id": 4680906,
  "title": "For the fourth time since ordering the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Putin has expanded his protective service’s central staff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/for-the-fourth-time-since-ordering-the-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T17:21:03.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/31/for-the-fourth-time-since-ordering-the-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine-putin-has-expanded-his-protective-service-s-central-staff"
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  "summary": "Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree expanding the central-office staff of Russia’s Federal Protective Service (FSO) for the fourth time since initiating the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The decree raises the number of employees from 785 to 812, effective July 1, according to Kommersant. This marks the fourth increase in the FSO’s staffing level since the invasion, with Putin raising the level from 725 to 760 employees in late 2022, to 775 as of January 1, 2024, and to 785 as of January 1, 2025. Prior to the invasion, the staffing level of the FSO’s central office had remained unchanged since 2010.",
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      },
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      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/modi-to-putin-we-need-end-of-war-not-endless-war",
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  "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."
}