And what have we discovered from these Games? That Russia’s leaders are even more despicable than we imagined. For the last few years, I’ve made a living as a spy novelist. I’m always looking for good stories. Even so, I’ve shied away from Vladimir Putin. I like my villains recognizably human. Putin fails that test. He combines the shirtless self-love of Alex Rodriguez with the vicious psychopathy of Robert Mugabe. He divorced his wife of thirty years in a television interview.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 05:14:36 +0000