Countess Alexandra Tolstoy whose former partner was a member of Putin's inner circle says her ex operated in a 'bandits world' where powerful men act 'without strategy' and 'lash out when backed into a corner'. The aristocrat, who descends from a long line of Russian nobility, shares three children with billionaire financier Sergei Pugachev, who was known as 'Putin's banker' before he fell foul of the Kremlin and fled the country. He is now considered a 'traitor' by Putin. While Alexandra never knew Putin closely, her husband - who she called a 'microcosm' of the Russian president - worked in close proximity with him and described his 'spontaneous' behaviour to her.
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