Boris Reitschuster is a German journalist and author of “Putin’s Hidden War.” A frequent commentator on Russian-German affairs, Reitschuster has become well-known for his books on contemporary Russia. He spent 16 years in Moscow serving as a journalist and later head of the Moscow FOCUS office. After hostility and multiple death threats, he had to leave Russia in 2012 and continued to lead the Moscow FOCUS office from Berlin until February 2015.