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Strugatsky goodreads5/20/2023 It is amusing but also chilling and rather frightening. It documents the rise of Putin’s Russia and the strange consequences in Russian Society. The portrait is amazing and idiosyncratic. In the process, he covered much of the weird and wonderful in Russia at the time. Pomerantsev, a UK born journalist of Russian descent, worked in Russia for around eight years making documentaries for Russian television, beginning in the midst of an oil boom. The poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko in the UK in 2006 with polonium-210 seemed extreme, but it sent a powerful message to other Russians.ĭenise and I have recently read two books on the new Russia and would recommend them to you.Įverything is True and Nothing is Impossible by Peter Pomerantsev 2014 covers the changes in Russia from the early 2000s to 2010. If you cease to be useful or know too much, you can end up face-down in your own swimming pool. If one resists, ruin or death may follow. The uncontrolled Mafia and free market millionaires are gone. This is a dangerous delusion, Putin has resurrected the oligarchy of the old Soviet Union. Vladimir Putin is sometimes treated as a bit of a joke in the West. Home about contact travel food books art the rest galleries navigationīreadtag Sagas ©: Author Tony, 8 September 2017 Classic SciFi 10: Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic 1977 Have a look at ! Same blog more polished layout.
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