Arkady Ostrovsky
Author
Language
English
Description
"A highly original narrative history by The Economist's Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in The Age of Ambition. The end of communism and breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of euphoria around the world, but Russia today is violently anti-American and dangerously nationalistic. So how did we go from the promise of those heady days to the autocratic police state of Putin's new Russia? The Invention of...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
A breathtakingly ambitious book that reaches back to the darkest days of the cold war to tell the story of the fight for the soul of a nation. With the deep insight only possible of a native son, Arkady Ostrovsky introduces listeners to the propagandists, oligarchs, and fixers who have set Russia's course since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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