Napoleon is a perverted man-child in this compelling, off-handed portrayal of modern history’s most revised emperor figure.
A rare, greying letter from Napoleon Bonaparte vowing to "blow up the Kremlin" goes up for auction in Paris this weekend, providing an insight into the French Emperor's ill-fated Russian campaign.
President Vladimir Putin made a rousing call for unity among Russia's diverse ethnic and religious groups on Sunday as he led commemorations of a battle 200 years ago that led to the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.