Vladimir Putin: A Geostrategic Russian Icon

By Goeran B Johansson

The mass media in the West do not hold fire in criticizing him. Russian opposition denounces him hysterically.

But the Russian people give Vladimir Putin his mandate over and over again.

What are the expectations of Russia of Putin? Where will he take the country?

This book deals with these issues and more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781300542292

Goeran B Johansson

Goeran B. Johansson is a retired teacher who has previously been a leisure politician and has served in the UN forces in Cyprus from 1967 to 68. He has traveled a lot and lived in different countries in Southeast Asia for a long time. Mainly in the Philippines. His primary interests are history, political ideologies, and independent geopolitical analysis focusing on the ongoing global power struggle between the United States, NATO vis à vis Russia, and China within the BRICS and SCO. But also fiction and some of his most recent, read works are, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and last but not least The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist and The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. He is also enthusiastic about chess and its strategic thinking. He is a multi-instrumentalist and plays piano, violin, classical guitar, and various accordions at a high level. He is fluent in English and Russian. He has also written two short stories published in Swedish and English, A Swedish Fellow in Asia, published in Swedish and English, and Lymene Holy Mother of Divine Grace.