In their new book titled, “The Compatriots,” Moscow-based Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan make the case that Putin is carefully grooming and manipulating the vast Russian emigre community to serve the Kremlin. They speak with The World’s Marco Werman about the ins and outs of the Russian compatriots, spies and emigres.
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