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Once, Boris Bondarev was a Russian diplomat - now he is making startling claims about his former president. ussian President Vladimir Putin has already strategically lost the war, according to former Russian diplomat to the UN institutions in Geneva Boris Bondarev. Bondarev was a diplomat in the Russian mission to the UN institutions in Geneva - the only one to resign in public protest because of Putin's war in Ukraine. He said at the time of his resignation in an open letter that the war "is not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also a serious crime against...

The Russian president's train boasts radio antennae for special communications fixed to the roof of certain carriages, covered by casings, and has been upgraded to be more secure. It has reinforced axles like heavy freight trains because of the weight of the armour on the carriages. It requires three engines at the front, and has one at the rear. On the side of the train is the logo of Grand Service Express, a company which Dossier alleges is linked to close Putin associate Yuri Kovalchuk. Regular trains are halted to allow the Putin express to speed to its destinations. Putin...