LE FIGARO.
- In 2019, you devoted an essay,
Chaos Engineers
, to the shadow advisers of certain so-called populist leaders.
One character was missing from this fresco, Vladislav Surkov, former adviser to Putin and the main source of inspiration for your novel
The Magus of the Kremlin
.
Does Russian politics lend itself more to the novelistic form?
Giuliano daEmpoli.
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The reality of Russian politics is indeed quite romantic in itself;
there is no need to add a lot of personal inventiveness to have a novel setting.
This is particularly true for the character of Surkov - which is one of the sources of inspiration for the character of Baranov, but not the only one.
Vladislav Surkov has an atypical profile in Putin's entourage: he attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Moscow, writes novels under a pseudonym and he gives the impression of interpreting his career as an artistic performance.
But Russian politics has always produced characters…
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