What to know about Russian president Vladimir Putin

She told the book's authors in 2000: "I think [Putin] is a good person. But he never forgives people who betray him or are mean to him."In an interview with the BBC today Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it was clear President Vladimir Putin was a “spent force”.He said the Russian leader would not break the people of Ukraine and that he now potentially faced decades of occupation which would be impossible to sustain.