Registration REQUIRED by 4pm on March 2, 2026 in order to attend this event.
Please join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute for a book talk by Roman Badanin. Moderated by Elise Giuliano.
“The Tsar In Propria Persona” is the product of Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin’s reporting at investigative media outlet Proekt that, since its launch in 2018, has repeatedly exposed the commercial and personal relationships that underpin the Putin regime.
In their book, Badanin and Rubin manage to penetrate Putin’s inner circle of friends and family in their forensic account of the former KGB agent’s rise to power, violating a decades-long Kremlin-imposed taboo on any mention of the Russian leader’s private life.
In doing so, “The Tsar In Propria Persona” fills the void around Putin left by official biographies and silenced sources. The book draws on (often anonymous) human sources, documents, news clips, and memoirs to piece together one of the most in-depth portraits of Putin and his circle so far.
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