MOSCOW - Not many in Russia nowadays could give you a revealing look inside the head of Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Alexei Venediktov has been there. Over the last 15 years, the editor in chief of the independent radio station Echo of Moscow has spent many hours chatting, arguing, and philosophizing with the Russian president.
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Alexei Venediktov (L), editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow radio station, and US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft (2ndR) arrive to attend a farewell ceremony to the slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow on March 3, 2015.
