A top aide to Vladimir Putin decides how the pro-Moscow administration of eastern Ukraine is run and who gets what jobs there, three former rebel leaders said, challenging Kremlin denials that it calls the shots in the region.
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Reuters: Ex-separatist leaders detail role played by Putin aide in east Ukraine
A picture taken in Moscow Kremlin on May 26, 2010, shows the first deputy head of the Kremlin administration Vladislav Surkov attending a meeting.
