The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against Russia’s War in Ukraine

Scritto il 18/12/2025
da Anton Troianovski

Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates described his break with the Russian leader.Dmitri N. Kozak, then a deputy prime minister of Russia, in 2019. Early in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he was a rare voice of dissent.