Philip Short: Putin: The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader [2022] paperback Condition:New Prior to Phil Stern's death

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Philip Short: Putin: The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader [2022] paperback Condition:New Prior to Phil Stern's deathVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbours, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. The regime he heads is autocratic and corrupt. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Despite western sanctions, the majority have been