A day in the life of Vladimir Putin

An insight into the lonely existence of the Russian president.

In Newsweek, Ben Judah writes of the joyless world of Vladimir Putin. He wakes late and eats shortly after noon, beginning with "the simplest of breakfasts" cottage cheese (always), an omelette or porridge, sometimes quails' eggs, lots of fresh fruit, a glass of fruit juice, coffee.

Then he swims for two hours, "a vigorous front crawl", wearing goggles. It is here, in his pool, say aides, that he does much of his thinking. Various courtiers, meanwhile, have arrived to see him: they "joke and idle and cross their legs in the lacquered waiting rooms".

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