It represented the most significant affront to President Vladimir Putin's 23-year reign.
It has also fed paranoia and put a spotlight on Aleksey Dyumin, Putin's ex-bodyguard turned governor.
A brief and ultimately aborted attempt at a coup d'état by Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin represented the most significant affront to President Vladimir Putin's 23-year reign.
President Vladimir Putin (L) and Aleksey Dyumin, the governor of Tula and Putin's former personal bodyguard, in Moscow in 2016.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Tula Governor Aleksey Dyumin visit Russian writer Lev Tolstoy's former home in 2016.
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