About the book: 2018 / Vladimir Sergeevich Bushin, the author of more than fifty books, many of which have become bestsellers, presents to your attention his new journalistic work. It is distinguished by the author’s apt observations, wit and sarcasm in the assessments of Russia’s top leadership. The main character of the book is Vladimir Putin, who begins his “fifth season” as president (Bushin is sure that the period of Medvedev’s rule is also Putin’s “season”). The author evaluates the intentions and actions of V. Putin in the political and cultural life of the country, his keynote speeches, for example, in Sochi and Valdai, election promises, responses to appeals from Russian residents live, through the pages of the press and the Internet. Vladimir Bushin does not leave aside and members of Putin’s team, also participating in a big political “show”: the reader will find in the book such familiar characters as D. Medvedev, A. Chubais, G. Gref, S. Sobyanin, A. Kudrin. In addition, a series of famous politicians will pass in front of him - V. Zhirinovsky, G. Zyuganov and others - and also “masters of the television screen” will appear: Vl. Soloviev, D. Kiselev, L. Mlechin and other “showmen”».