{
  "id": 7373312,
  "title": "Ex-CIA Chief: Inside Putin’s Mafia State",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/ex-cia-chief-inside-putins-mafia-state",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/84490"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former CIA Chief of Station Sean Wiswesser tells Kyiv Post’s Jason Jay Smart that Russia’s FSB, SVR and GRU are far from the polished spy services of myth – they’re corrupt, often sloppy, yet still lethal abroad. From Skripal’s poisoning to assassin Vadim Krasikov’s triumphant return home, Wiswesser traces a system that rewards aggression and rarely punishes failure, blending mafia-style…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}