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On the 4th anniversary of the Russian aggression of Ukraine, Assayas's movie THE WIZARD OF KREMLIN is partly deceiving: it is not comparable to a genuine Russian movie concerning post-soviet times (like Serebrennikov's LETO, for example), because the screenplay is based on Da Empoli's & Carrère's work, both of them who didn't experience integrally such a period of transition. Moreover, it is not very successful in the movie the attempt to outline a psychobiography of Putin: it is a implausible that a simple advisor (the "wizard") can transform a simple FSB spy into a merciless dictator. It would be useful to read Vamik Volkan's psychobiography of Putin in his chapter of the book Why War in Ukraine and in Europe (available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/UKRAINE-EUROPE-PSYCHOANALYSIS-TRAUMA-RESILIENCY/dp/8897479421 )

WHY WAR IN UKRAINE AND IN EUROPE? PSYCHOANALYSIS, TRAUMA AND RESILIENCY: Frenis Zero Press On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine this book wants to cover an interdisciplinary investigation on the motivational background of the current war in Ukraine as well as on the mental health strategies aiming to promote resiliency in such a massive, traumatic context. After ...