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John Varga
News Reporter
John Varga is a news reporter at Express.co.uk, covering both foreign and domestic affairs. Having lived for more than ten years in Russia, he has a particular interest in Russian politics and society. He currently specialises in the anti-Putin resistance movement and the fight by ethnic nationalists to secure independence from Russia.
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