A bizarre tale of a tech bro, doomsday bunker and a dead body. It is one of the strangest stories you will read — and no, it is not fiction. [Washingtonian]

The daily habits of a latter day dictator. No, not the one from North Korea. We’re talking about Vladimir Putin here. [Newsweek]

The curious case of CIA informant deep in Kremlin. And how Jim Sciutto got the scoop. [NYTimes & Esquire]

“The Strange, Cutthroat World of Paparazzi-Nomics.” Here is some great insight into the lives of paparazzi photographers. [Allison Schrager]