PUTIN – Worshipped. Hated. is neither a conventional biography nor a history textbook. It is a novel inspired by real historical events, told through a series of personal testimonies.
The first part of the book is narrated by Vladimir Putin himself. He reflects on his childhood in post-war Leningrad, his family, friends, education, service in the KGB, and the years that shaped him before he entered politics. Through his own testimony, readers witness the experiences that helped form one of the most influential and controversial figures of the modern era.
Then the story takes an unexpected turn.
The narrator changes, and so does the perspective.
An oligarch. A journalist. A soldier. A diplomat. An emigrant.
Each of them shares a personal testimony about the same man. Each experienced Putin's decisions from a different position. Together, their voices create a compelling mosaic of power, loyalty, fear, ambition, courage, and the consequences of political choices.
This novel does not ask you to admire Vladimir Putin, nor does it ask you to condemn him.
Instead, it invites you to listen.
To compare different perspectives.
To see how one life can be remembered in completely different ways by the people who lived through it.
Rather than offering simple answers, the book encourages readers to think, question, and draw their own conclusions.
If you are interested not only in what Vladimir Putin did, but also in how his life and decisions were experienced by those around him, you will discover a story unlike any traditional political biography.
This is not simply the story of one man.
It is the story of the people whose lives crossed his.