description: “That’s a fashion created and nourished by Vladislav Surkov: this flavour of post-modernism. Nothing is true. There is no truth. There are alternative truths.”_______Long before Donald Trump weaponized the term ‘fake news’, Vladislav Surkov was honing his art. He invented 'Sovereign Democracy', a system in which the illusion of democratic choice only had one outcome: the continuation of Putin’s rule. _______This is the story of the most powerful man you’ve never heard of. A Russian that turned reality inside out He can spot an ex-spy with presidential potential and help turn him into a world leader. He creates opposition movements out of thin air. He’s got a nation’s news directors on speed dial. Billionaires seek his advice. He’s even got his own little war. He’s at the heart of the standoff between East and West. Some even credit him with pioneering the concept of post-truth politics. Yet few even know his name.
language: English
title: The Puppet Master
publisher: BBC