LONDON - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered two of the country's top spies to be detained under house arrest for allegedly providing him with false information about the prospects of a quick military victory in Ukraine.
News of this apparent Moscow purge comes from Mr Andrei Soldatov, a respected Russian investigative journalist specialising in murky stories about the country's intelligence services, and remains unconfirmed.
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