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Sometimes it's worth digging into what look like less important stories, to see what lessons the offer about the big picture developments, so I tackle three - who's likely to be the next ambassador to Cape Verde, why airfare hikes contribute to street violence, and why Naryshkin is now claiming to be a long-time mate of Putin's - and see what I can make of them.
For those figures I threw out, the proportions of staff of different Presidential Administration departments estimated to be current or former security officers are: 63% Security Council (SB) Secretariat 28% Foreign Policy Directorate (UVneshP) 19% Expert Directorate (UE) 71% Directorate for Interregional and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (UMKSZS), 62% Directorate for Cross-Border Cooperation (UPS)
For the share of one-to-one or one-to-few meetings with the President in 2019: 1% Kostyukov (GRU) 5% Zolotov (National Guard( 5% Kolokoltsev (MVD) 11% Naryshkin 17% Bortnikov (FSB) 23% Shoigu (MoD) 29% Patrushev 9% Other
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