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Book Review of the Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin, by Masha Geesen, (New York, Riverhead Books, Penguin Group, 2012), 314 p.
By F. G. Baker, March 23, 2014 Masha Gessen has written a very interesting summary of the conditions and politics that helped bring Vladimir Putin to his position as President of the Russian Federation. She provides a summary of Putin’s personal, professional and political life, based on the limited information that is available for such a secretive man. There was actually little known about his life and activities before his rise to prominence in 1999 when he was appointed as Prime Minister by the Yeltsin government. Much of the book focuses on what is known about his relationships with some of Russia’s notable politicians and his murky oligarch associates.Read More