Царь собственной персоной

25 let nazad Vladimir Putin stal prezidentom Rossii. Kazalosʹ by, dostatochnyĭ srok, chtoby uznatʹ o nem vse. No sprosite sebi͡a: uvereny li vy, chto v kurse realʹnoĭ biografii Putina? Estʹ te, kto kritichen k Vladimiru Putinu, kak my. Estʹ drugie - kto otnositsi͡a k prezidentu Rossii s pietetom, doveriem i nadezhdoĭ. No obe gruppy ne stanut sporitʹ s glavnym: Putin ochenʹ silʹno povlii͡al na nashu tepereshni͡ui͡u zhiznʹ, na mir vokrug nas. Voennye konflikty, gonka vooruzheniĭ, massovai͡a ėmigrat͡sii͡a, podʺem shovinizma i peresmotr granit͡s - vse ėto stalo realʹnostʹi͡u v tom chisle blagodari͡a Putinu. S ėtim glupo sporitʹ vne zavisimosti ot togo, kem vy ego schitaete - istochnikom globalʹnogo zla ili osnovopolozhnikom spravedlivogo miropori͡adka. Odnako estʹ ni͡uans. Esli Putin formiruet oblik mira, to chto sformirovalo samogo Putina? Bolʹshinstvo li͡udeĭ verit, chto u prezidenta Rossii estʹ vzgli͡ady, idei i dazhe bolʹshe - ideologii͡a. Avtory ėtoĭ knigi - iz menʹshinstva. My znaem, chto u Putina net vzgli͡adov i ideĭ. Vse 25 let, chto on pravit Rossieĭ, my issledovali neizvestnye stranit͡sy ego proshlogo i nastoi͡ashchego, chtoby priĭti k pugai͡ushchemu otkrytii͡u: Putin izmenil mir, povinui͡asʹ ne idei͡am, a edinstvenno sobstvennomu lit͡semerii͡u. 25 let on samozabvenno vral obo vsem: o svoikh druzʹi͡akh, roditeli͡akh, zhenakh, deti͡akh, - vral o sebe, svoem proshlom i nastoi͡ashchem. Na samom dele Putin pust. Khotʹ i khiter. Ėta kniga dli͡a obeikh grupp chitateleĭ - i verui͡ushchikh v Putina, i ne doveri͡ai͡ushchikh emu. Ochenʹ mnogoe, chto vy prochtete v neĭ, vy nikogda ne znali, ili davno zabyli, ili nedoot͡senivali vazhnostʹ izvestnogo. Vozmozhno, prochitannoe razuverit pervykh i dobavit argumentov vtorym. I eshche odno: ėto ne tolʹko o Putine. Ėto o Rossii, kakoĭ ona stala za poslednie 25 let. Na nasheĭ rodine teperʹ ne prini͡ato pisatʹ chestnye istoricheskie knigi, dazhe shkolʹnye uchebniki polny obmana i vydumok. Esli vy khotite pomnitʹ istorii͡u takoĭ, kak ona byla, otkroĭte nashu knigu.

25 years ago, Vladimir Putin became president of Russia. It would seem that this is a long time to find out everything about him. But ask yourself: are you sure that you are aware of Putin's real biography? There are those who are critical of Vladimir Putin, like us. There are others who treat the Russian president with reverence, trust and hope. But both groups will not argue with the main point: Putin has greatly influenced our current lives and the world around us. Military conflicts, the arms race, mass emigration, the rise of chauvinism and the revision of borders — all this has become a reality, including thanks to Putin. It's stupid to argue with this, regardless of who you consider him to be – the source of global evil or the founder of a just world order. However, there is a caveat. If Putin shapes the face of the world, then what shaped Putin himself? Most people believe that the Russian president has views, ideas, and even more than that, an ideology. The authors of this book are from a minority. We know that Putin has no views or ideas. For all the 25 years that he has ruled Russia, we have explored unknown pages of his past and present to come to a frightening discovery: Putin changed the world not by obeying ideas, but solely by his own hypocrisy. For 25 years, he lied about everything: about his friends, parents, wives, children, and lied about himself, his past, and his present. In fact, Putin is empty. Although he is cunning. This book is for both groups of readers — those who believe in Putin and those who do not trust him. There is a lot that you will read in it, you have never known, or have long forgotten, or underestimated the importance of the known. Perhaps what you read will disbelieve the former and add arguments to the latter. And one more thing: it's not just about Putin. This is about Russia as it has become over the past 25 years. In our homeland, it is no longer customary to write honest historical books, even school textbooks are full of deception and fiction. If you want to remember the story as it was, open our book.