Vladislav Surkov
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Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov is a Russian politician and businessman.
Surkov in 2012
Surkov in April 2010
Surkov speaking at the Fifth Congress of the Nashi Youth Movement
Surkov on his last day as deputy prime minister, with Sergei Ivanov and Arkady Dvorkovich
The Wizard of the Kremlin
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The Wizard of the Kremlin is the debut novel by Giuliano da Empoli, published in French in April 2022 by Éditions Gallimard, and in English in 2023 by Pushkin Press then Other Press. It won the 2022 G
Vladislav Surkov
…Everyone takes advantage of such people all over the world. Surkov was the inspiration for the fictional character Vadim Baranov in the 2022 French novel The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli; the character was played by Paul Dano in the 2025 film adaptation. Surkov has married twice. His first marriage, to Yulia Petrovna…
Book cover in French original, Le mage du Kremlin (2022)
Author Giuliano da Empoli presents The Wizard of the Kremlin as part of the literary salon of the Conservatoire Rachmaninoff hosted by Erwan Barillot [fr] in October 2022.