Report: 'Putin's goal is to prolong his power in Russia': Journalist Roman Badanin

France 24 — English has reported on “Report: 'Putin's goal is to prolong his power in Russia': Journalist Roman Badanin,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

A journalist who has spent more than 20 years investigating Russian leader Vladimir Putin and who is recognised as perhaps Russia's finest investigative journalist has told FRANCE 24 that Putin's aim with the war in Ukraine is simply to prolong his power inside Russia. The report also notes that Roman Badanin has just published a book, "Le Tsar en personne" or "The Tsar in person" which delves into exactly how Putin's mind works. Badanin states Putin acts like a gang member, and his attitude is that "if you beat me, I is expected to beat you even harder". The book is so far out in Russian and French, with an English version to follow. He spoke to us in Perspective.

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