{
  "id": 7692521,
  "title": "How Russia became the 'FSB state': 'They were given the country'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/how-russia-became-the-fsb-state-they-were-given-the-country",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T02:30:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/16/how-russia-became-the-fsb-state-they-were-given-the-country_6757573_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'The Putin System' (2/3). Russia's next elections, from September 18 to 20, are set to have no real stakes in a country silenced by the Federal Security Service, whose powers have continued to grow unchecked since the invasion of Ukraine.",
  "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."
}