He asked the Italian president to "express sincere sympathy and support for Silvio's relatives and friends." "I wish everyone fortitude in the face of this great loss," Putin wrote. Berlusconi's ...

Three visual relics of this male friendship are especially memorable: The bed in Palazzo Grazioli, a gift from Putin and the scene in the footage of some of the sex scenes that marked Berlusconi ...

and then Berlusconi was put on Ukraine’s blacklist. On October 7, Putin marked his 67th birthday. The Russian leader planned to spend this day in nature among his next-of-kin and friends ...