00988nam a22001697a 4500 0 20260420123656.0 9781784700935 947.0862092 SHO Short, Philip 18886 Putin : his life and times UK Penguin Random House 2023 866p. 'A perfect mirror to its subject... should be compulsory reading' Observer Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations. His regime is autocratic and corrupt. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Under Putin's leadership, Russia has once again become a force to be reckoned with. Philip Short's magisterial biography explores in unprecedented depth the personality of Russia's leader and demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin's Russia. Russia Vintage 18887 B 0 0 0 0 LBSNAA LBSNAA 2026-04-20 1199.00 0 947.0862092 SHO 186015 2026-04-20 2026-04-20 B 360760 360760