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Adding to the picture of internal instability, a prominent Russian billionaire, Constantine Strukov, was detained while trying to leave the country for Turkey. Authorities canceled his flight and confiscated his passport under court orders. Strukov, once celebrated by Putin for his gold-mining enterprise, is now being targeted as part of Moscow’s efforts to seize control of strategic assets—an indication of the regime’s tightening grip on wealth and influence among the elite.