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The unlikely rise of vladimir putin the unlikely rise of vladimir putin by masha gessen available from rakuten kobo. A longtime resident of moscow, gessen now lives in. Her account of how a faceless man maneuvered his way into absoluteand absolutely corruptpower is the definitive biography of vladimir putin. A picture released on march 6, 2010 shows russian prime minister vladimir putin taking a horseback ride in the karatash area, near the town of abakan, during his working trip to the republic of. The man without a face by masha gessen waterstones.
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