A definitive account of Putin's power and how it changed the modern world.
Putin returns to power under a storm after a four-year absence, but his attempts to improve his popularity are hobbled by accusations of corruption.
This second instalment finds Putin arriving in the Kremlin as an unknown president whom the Russian oligarchs hope to control, and charts how he gained a powerful stronghold over all affairs of state.
A portrait of a politician who modelled himself on the Russian James Bond and whose presidency reads like a spy thriller.
A definitive account of Putin's power and how it changed the modern world.