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Day 56



https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/...-events-day-56

Vladimir Putin's rumoured purge over his disastrous war in Ukraine could show he fell into the 'dictator trap'

More than 100 agents from Russia's secret intelligence agency, the Federal Security Bureau (FSB), have been removed from their posts, according to the UK Times.

All of those ousted reportedly worked for a division known as the Fifth Service, which was set up by Putin in 1998 to keep former Soviet Union countries within Russia's orbit.

The online investigative collective Bellingcat believes the agents were either sacked or arrested.

"I can say that although a significant number of them have not been arrested, they will no longer work for the FSB," said Bellingcat executive director Christo Grozev.

The head of the Fifth Service, Colonel General Sergey Beseda, has been detained.

Beseda was placed under house arrest in March for "reporting false information to the Kremlin about the real situation in Ukraine before the invasion", according to Grozev.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-...aine/100997186