08/08/2026The secret police have turned their absolute power against Moscow as Vladimir Putin loses control over his own security forces. In this report, Kyiv Post correspondent Dr. Jason Smart reveals the brutal shadow war tearing through the Russian government. Putin spent decades empowering the FSB and Russia’s wider security apparatus to protect his rule. Now the struggle involving the FSB, Sergei Kiriyenko, Kremlin elites, internet control, and Putin’s security services is moving deeper inside the government itself. Subscribe for daily reporting from Ukraine on the Russia-Ukraine war and the fight for power inside the Kremlin.