As Kremlinologists imagine, for the most part mournfully, how another decade with Putin might look, is the PM imagining how he might look?  Amidst all the high politics, here’s a little bit of scurrilous gossip: has Vladimir Putin gone the Gadaffi/Berlusconi route and treated himself to a facial nip and tuck?  From RFE/RL:

Tongues began wagging afresh after the United Russia party conference on September 24, when the 58-year-old premier announced his intention to retake the presidency and looked remarkably uncreased while doing so.