Putin: I don’t read books about myself

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hasn’t read a single book about himself as he already knows everything about himself.

On June 7, Putin attended an international media forum in Moscow. He met German journalist Hubert Seipel who wrote a book about Russian leader.

“I don’t know why Mr. Seipel did it. I warned him that if he wrote the truth he wouldn’t get away with it at home, but if he did it the way his bosses wanted, then everything would be fine,” Putin joked, Sputnik reports.

TASS gave information about the author, “In 2012, Zeipel created a documentary about Putin (“I, Putin, a Portrait”). For a few weeks, the author had accompanied the Russian president in his trips across Russia and had taken plenty of interviews. He had also talked to Putin’s associates and opposition members. Zeipel used their replies and his personal conversations with Vladimir Putin for making his film-portrait about the Russian president.”