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Satirical play gives new head of state Putin the Berlusconi treatment by Matt Trueman

Moscow production of BerlusPutin imagines half of the former Italian prime minister's brain being transplanted into the newly re-elected Russian president's headWhat do you get if you cross Silvio Berlusconi with Vladimir Putin? It sounds like a joke, but it's actually the premise of a Moscow theatre's latest production, which offers a rare, satirical sideswipe at the newly re-elected Russian president.BerlusPutin, w…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AM on March 5, 2012

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