PUTIN

Intelligent books about Vladimir Putin have been few and far between because, of all the world leaders, the man his friends call 'Vlad' has managed to remain an enigma.
This highly personal biography of Russia's leader is the result of six years' research by author Chris Hutchins, a successful investigative journalist and much-published biographer. This book goes some way towards ending the enigma that is Vladimir Putin.

This book is a fascinating look at Putin's rise to power with never before known facts about his political and personal life. It also might be the only impartial biography of Vladimir Putin. All previous ones were either congratulatory or intended as negative PR. The writers left no stone unturned in terms of reexamining the "accepted" facts and previously scarcely known ones to get an insight into Putin's character. There are hundreds of facts, big and small, which so far have been unknown to the public. The quality of the research and cooperation between a Russian independent journalist and a top British writer is unprecedented. CHRIS HUTCHINS became fascinated by all-things-Russian when he co-wrote the definitive biography of the Russian oligarch who bought Chelsea Football Club - ABRAMOVICH: The billionaire from nowhere. An investigative journalist, Hutchins has been a columnist on the Daily Express, Today & the Sunday Mirror. He began writing biographies in 1992 starting with Fergie Confidential after uncovering the Duchess or York's affair with American oil billionaire's son, Steve Wyatt and he wrote Elvis Meets The Beatles after introducing them. ALEXANDER KOROBKO is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster; CEO of the "Russian Hour", a Russian-British International TV Portal. His company's mission is "to reflect the dazzling variety of this world through the special prism of the Russian cultural perspective.