Graphical biography of Putin. Tries to explain where he came from, & his context Russian history & politics, & also tries to explain that he is not some sort of genius. Gives a view of such events as the overthrow of Milosevic in Serbia & the Orange & Maidan revolutions in Ukraine from Putins perspective in a way that illustrates Putin's belief (& frequent Russian media talking point) that democratic movements are primarily tools of U.S. Intelligence organizations. U.S. material & moral support for democratic movements are seen as indicators of those movements being generated & directed by the U.S. Putin & his intelligencers cannot conceive that a bunch of nobodies would take it upon themselves to challenge governmental authority without a powerful somebody to direct them. Weiss also makes the point that this perspective is at least in part projection. The biographies of a certain KGB Lt Col, an Austrian Corporal, etc show tha nobodies become somebodies commonly enough. Also gives a brief tour of Russia's efforts to cultivate right-wing parties & figures in Europe & America. Implies that the Right-wing obsession with George Soros is driven by his support for anti-authoritarian organizations & movements. Accidental Czar reminds me a bit of the Iran-Iraq War by Pierre Razoux, in which Razoux wrote how Saddam Hussein's early political success gave an appearance of having a strategic mind; an appearance that was exploded the moment he bumbled his way into the Iran-Iraq war, & then again with the invasion of Kuwait. The story of Putin's mother being “not dead yet!” is wild.