The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

What this book more than provides in width (at over 700 pages) it lacks in depth. It tells too much of the surface waves (his story) while failing to properly underline the true undercurrents. It concentrates disproportionately on Putin's silovik side, but not enough on his vor (murderer-mobster) one - therefore resulting in too positive an image, too close to his own propaganda. If Putin read this book, he would approve most of it, starting with the title...