Top Kremlin Aide Dmitry Kozak Relieved of Duties

Published SEP 19

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Above: Former Kremlin aide Dmitry Kozak pictured in 2022. Image credit: Léo Pierrard/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Russia narrative

Kozak resigned his post on his own free accord, and this was subsequently accepted by Putin — as ultimately confirmed in the presidential decree issued later in the day.

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Anti-Russia narrative

Kozak was most likely pushed out for being the sole voice that was willing to challenge Putin's increasingly hardline on Ukraine, as well as other domestic matters.

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