Alexander Olbik

President

The last action hero

Patrushev asked, "Who is he?"

The administration of the head of state even received a letter stating that one should not use the surname of a statesman in such a narrative. Putin himself had said earlier that he was against the replication of his image: "To a certain extent, probably, I worked for a long time, and suggested giving the book to the embassy so they could look at it. They replied that my idea was interesting. But no one ever called me back.
— I wanted to write about this man, not making a Rambo out of him, but showing him with the means available to me—"