Little is known about Vladimir Putin’s personal life – and he’d prefer to keep it that way

Despite being one of the most powerful world leaders in modern history, very little is known about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal life – and he’d prefer to keep it that way. State-sponsored media has long-reported positive attributes about the Kremlin leader: Putin is a Judo black belt, has flown in a fighter aircraft, hunts Siberian…

You can subscribe to Newsweek’s Foreign Service on Acast, SoundCloud and on iTunes. After decades on the sidelines, Russia is once again a leading player in the Middle East, playing a role in issues ranging from the Syrian civil war to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Meanwhile, bruised by a decade of disastrous interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan and…