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Book on Putin’s private life wins French Prix Strasbourg
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Aug 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM ET
Summary: The book “The Tsar in Propria Persona: How Vladimir Putin Deceived Us All,” by exiled Russian journalists Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin, won the newly established Prix Strasbourg on Tuesday. The jury said the work draws on more than two decades of investigative reporting and reads “like a spy novel.”
WHO: Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin; Prix Strasbourg jury (EBRA)
WHAT: A newly established French literary prize, Prix Strasbourg, was awarded to a book about Vladimir Putin’s private life.
WHEN: Aug 25, 2026
WHERE: France
WHY: Cause not yet established.
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