End of the affair: no more love for the leader

Neil Robinson on a biography of Vladimir Putin which concludes that he has turned into another Russian leader who promised more than he could deliver.

Sat, 01 Jun, 2013 - 01:00

Fragile Empire - How Russia fell in and out of love with Vladimir Putin

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