Putin book tops UK bestsellers after Abramovich sued author

A book about Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle written by a British journalist has topped the UK bestseller list, its publisher said Wednesday after the author was sued by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Catherine Belton's Putin's People, first published in 2020, “is the number one bestselling NF (non-fiction) paperback in the UK”, William Collins Books publishing director Arabella Pike said in a tweet. It was at number seven on The Sunday Times bestsellers list last week. The critically acclaimed book by a former Financial Times Moscow correspondent faced an onslaught of lawsuits from Russian oligarchs including Abramovich, three of whom have now been targeted by UK sanctions.  The author of the book, Catherine Belton. Photo. Twitter.com The book was a Sunday Times bestseller when it first came out and sales have spiked again as the war in Ukraine focuses interest on Russia's leader. “I wish the circumstances were different. But I'm very grateful for all the attention to Putin's People,” Belton tweeted.  She thanked publisher Harper Collins “for making sure that it remained on the bookshelves despite an unprecedented barrage of lawsuits last year”.  The publisher...