He Was a Key Aide to Putin. Then He Balked at the Ukraine War

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Vladimir Putin's close advisor, Dmitry Kozak, has proposed to the president that he end the war in Ukraine and hold peace negotiations, the New York Times has learned, citing sources close to the Kremlin. However, the newspaper claims that Putin rejected the appeal and was disappointed with the advisor's stance.

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Dmitry Kozak, a deputy to Anton Vaino, the head of Vladimir Putin's administration and close to him, proposed to the Kremlin leader to stop the war in Ukraine and begin peace negotiations, calling the invasion a mistake, The New York Times reveals in an article about the growing influence of another deputy, Sergei Kiriyenko, who took over some of Kozak's duties. Kozak is the only high-ranking official in Putin's circle who has openly, but not pu…

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Dmitri Kozak, the deputy head of the presidential administration of Moscow and one of the oldest Russian leader Vladimir Putin's colleagues, would have proposed recent halting the hostilities in Ukraine and opening peace negotiations.

Korrespondent.net

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Even this year, Dmitri Kozak allegedly also submitted to the head of the Kremlin a proposal for a cessation of hostilities and peace talks.

ТСН.ua

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According to the publication, Putin's longtime ally Dmitry Kozak, the only one in the Kremlin, though not publicly, opposed a full-scale invasion.