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Putin and the ‘Petersburg set’: The secret life of a Russian leader

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[Anne McElvoy](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TAaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL2FubmUtbWNlbHZveT9saWQ9anpyNHMxbmR0MzB4JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMTctMDMtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZe_5tPZlTmMajFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) takes a closer look at the mind and mood of the Russian president, how he lives and loves, and who has made it into his inner circle... [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL3B1dGluLXJ1c3NpYS1lbGVjdGlvbi11a3JhaW5lLWIyNTEzMzQ1Lmh0bWw_bGlkPTd4OHVmZ3BsZXdxOSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZSBXZWVrZW5kIEVkaXQgKFJlZ2lzdGVyZWQgdXNlciB2ZXJzaW9uKSAtIDE3LTAzLTIwMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX01hcmtldGluZ1cFc3BjZXVCCmXv-bT2ZU5jGoxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) [Putin and the ‘Petersburg set’: The secret life of a Russian leader](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvd29ybGQvZXVyb3BlL3B1dGluLXJ1c3NpYS1lbGVjdGlvbi11a3JhaW5lLWIyNTEzMzQ1Lmh0bWw_bGlkPWFrdnN1ZzJpb2RvOSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZSBXZWVrZW5kIEVkaXQgKFJlZ2lzdGVyZWQgdXNlciB2ZXJzaW9uKSAtIDE3LTAzLTIwMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX01hcmtldGluZ1cFc3BjZXVCCmXv-bT2ZU5jGoxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) Putin, fueled by distrust and years as a KGB officer, has maintained an iron grip on the Kremlin for two decades   CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT [Hammer Horror icon Caroline Munro on sex, violence and the future of 007: ‘A woman doesn’t need to be Bond’](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvZmlsbXMvZmVhdHVyZXMvY2Fyb2xpbmUtbXVucm8taW50ZXJ2aWV3LWJvbmQtYjI1MTI2OTMuaHRtbD9saWQ9bGtxb2kzdDNrcTd0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMTctMDMtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZe_5tPZlTmMajFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Dubbed the ‘Face of 1966’ before finding global fame as a Bond girl in ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ and a scream queen in ‘Dracula AD 1972’ with Christopher Lee, the British star speaks to [David Barnett](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL2RhdmlkLWJhcm5ldHQ_bGlkPWo0eWI0OTY2Z3prbiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZSBXZWVrZW5kIEVkaXQgKFJlZ2lzdGVyZWQgdXNlciB2ZXJzaW9uKSAtIDE3LTAzLTIwMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX01hcmtldGluZ1cFc3BjZXVCCmXv-bT2ZU5jGoxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) about typecasting, nude scenes and playing dead opposite Vincent Price [Read more](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvZmlsbXMvZmVhdHVyZXMvY2Fyb2xpbmUtbXVucm8taW50ZXJ2aWV3LWJvbmQtYjI1MTI2OTMuaHRtbD9saWQ9NDNrNmpwNjc3bnpnJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMTctMDMtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZe_5tPZlTmMajFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) [Hammer Horror icon Caroline Munro on sex, violence and the future of 007: ‘A woman doesn’t need to be Bond’](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvZmlsbXMvZmVhdHVyZXMvY2Fyb2xpbmUtbXVucm8taW50ZXJ2aWV3LWJvbmQtYjI1MTI2OTMuaHRtbD9saWQ9ZHd6NzBydjdjc21mJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMTctMDMtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZe_5tPZlTmMajFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj) Scream queen: Caroline Munro in the classic Hammer horror film ‘Dracula AD 1972’   COMMENT & ANALYSIS [Why Kate Middleton doesn’t quite have the same right to privacy as the rest of us](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL2thdGUtbWlkZGxldG9uLW1pc3NpbmctcHJpdmFjeS1raW5nLWNhbmNlci1zZWNyZXRzLWIyNTEzMjMxLmh0bWw_bGlkPW1uc3VtejN6eW9xYSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZSBXZWVrZW5kIEVkaXQgKFJlZ2lzdGVyZWQgdXNlciB2ZXJzaW9uKSAtIDE3LTAzLTIwMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX01hcmtldGluZ1cFc3BjZXVCCmXv-bT2ZU5jGoxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) [Why Kate Middleton doesn’t quite have the same right to privacy as the rest of us](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvdm9pY2VzL2thdGUtbWlkZGxldG9uLW1pc3NpbmctcHJpdmFjeS1raW5nLWNhbmNlci1zZWNyZXRzLWIyNTEzMjMxLmh0bWw_bGlkPTU4YTJ6emVvNjFxciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9YnJhemUmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZSBXZWVrZW5kIEVkaXQgKFJlZ2lzdGVyZWQgdXNlciB2ZXJzaW9uKSAtIDE3LTAzLTIwMjQmdXRtX3Rlcm09SU5EX01hcmtldGluZ1cFc3BjZXVCCmXv-bT2ZU5jGoxSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAADIw~~) We should all calm down and ignore that dodgy picture, says [Alan Rusbridger](~/AAAHagA~/RgRn2Tn5P0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY28udWsvYXV0aG9yL2FsYW4tcnVzYnJpZGdlcj9saWQ9ZG9jdWk2MXRveTVkJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1icmF6ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlIFdlZWtlbmQgRWRpdCAoUmVnaXN0ZXJlZCB1c2VyIHZlcnNpb24pIC0gMTctMDMtMjAyNCZ1dG1fdGVybT1JTkRfTWFya2V0aW5nVwVzcGNldUIKZe_5tPZlTmMajFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAMj), it’s none of our business, right? Part of me strongly wants to believe that. 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