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He is one of Russia's leading opposition activists and a best-selling crime writer, but Boris Akunin says he has gone off protest rallies and detective fiction.

Akunin – real name Grigory Chkhartishvili – has sold more than 18 million books, and played an influential role in anti-Putin demonstrations which have filled the streets of Moscow.

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