Review: Putin: Prisoner of Power

Putin: Prisoner of Power by Russell Finch
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Hooter: When you want a quick refresher on Russian politics and want it to be as serious as a buzzfeed article.

Russian politics in the past 2 decades at the highest echelon has revolved around one man and this takes a look at some instances of his journey from the clearly unsavvy media engagement at the start to how he controls the global narrative. How probably placed in as a nobody to keep the seat warm or a puppet with strings but he cut off those strings and choked (figuratively) the very people who had attached the strings. It also captures the tussles internally and externally with Crimea and Ukraine getting their spotlight.

This is a very short and extremely lightweight one so you probably will get a superficial look at the players, the general mood in certain sections of society and a quick capsule of the two plus decades of Putin and how will he play out his power plays as his Presidency officially comes to an end as per constitutional decree.

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