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23) Russia
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 73
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
An overview of the land, people, history, and culture of Russia from its earliest days to the present.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Charting the transformation of Vladimir Putin from a passionate fan of the West and a liberal reformer into a hurt and introverted outcast, All the Kremlin's Men is a historical detective story, full of intrigue and conspiracy. This is the story of the political battles that have taken place in the court of Vladimir Putin since his rise to power, and a chronicle of friendship and hatred between the Russian leader and his foreign partners and opponents....
30) Prezidenty RU
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Russian
Description
One of the sharpest Russian journalists scrutinizes recent and current political events in modern Russia to bring us facts about three presidents: Yeltsin, Putin, and Medvedev.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The history of modern Russia is one of failed expectations, starving peasants, brutal terror against political rivals, and nuclear posturing. The collapse of communism left the door open for Russia to enter the twenty-first century as a peaceful nation. Putin's quest to return Russia to its former position in the world may ultimately hinge on the outcome of the Ukraine war"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"Vladimir Putin has turned Russia from fledgling democracy into a police state, and in 2020 a constitutional change gave him the means to stay in power until 2036. In this acclaimed political biography, former BBC Moscow correspondent Angus Roxburgh charts the dramatic fight for Russia's future under Putin. Roxburgh shows how the former KGB man evolved from reformer to autocrat, how he sought the West's respect but earned its fear and contempt. Drawing...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Putin's war is a "special operation" against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukraine, but the war has a broader target: the modern world of climate awareness, energy transition and digital labour. By trading oil and gas, promoting Trump and Brexit, spreading corruption, boosting inequality and homophobia, subsidising far-right movements and destroying Ukraine, Putin's clique aims at suppressing the ongoing transformation of modern...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev delivered a ten-minute televised speech announcing his resignation as Soviet president. Moments later, with little pomp and less circumstance, the red flag was lowered from its floodlit perch atop the Kremlin, and the Soviet Union ceases to exist. Into the vacuum--before a new democracy has time to put down roots--surged the Russian mafia, supplying what the new state could not: krysha, or "roof"--protection...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe and in Ukraine. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KGB officer become one of the most powerful leaders in Russian history? And how much of Putin's tough-guy persona is a calculated performance?"--
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