Castro has lived almost his entire life as a clandestine revolutionary. To such figures, truth is always malleable, always subservient to political goals.
Collectors prizetheancientlife-sizeclaystatuesof human figuresmadeon KaliIslandbuthave long wonderedhowKalineseartists were abletodepictbodieswithsuchrealisticprecision.
The same story is broadly true in the government, though Mr Berezovsky himself denies the close ties widely assumed to link him tosuch top figures as Mikhail Kasyanov, now tipped to be promoted from finance minister to prime minister.