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This timely text charts the metamorphosis of Russian media and culture in the 21st century. It considers how, when Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, Russia''s media and culture industry had enjoyed nearly a decade of almost unrestricted freedom and yet, by the time he launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia''s independent media was crushed, while the few viable opposition figures were either imprisoned, exiled, or dead under mysterious circumstances.

Eliot Borenstein looks at the manufactured cult of Putin, the competing models of Russianness put forth in the media, the obsession with nostalgia and the limits on imagining the future, the rise of aggressive patriotism and the myth of ancient Russian ''traditional'' values, the significance of the fight against gay propaganda', and the absurdist strategies used by the opposition in the face of increasing restrictions on free speech. Though the book''s title invokes Putin, Russian Culture under Putin

Russian Culture under Putin

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 12 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781350399402
      978-1350399402

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      Book Synopsis

      This timely text charts the metamorphosis of Russian media and culture in the 21st century. It considers how, when Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, Russia''s media and culture industry had enjoyed nearly a decade of almost unrestricted freedom and yet, by the time he launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia''s independent media was crushed, while the few viable opposition figures were either imprisoned, exiled, or dead under mysterious circumstances.

      Eliot Borenstein looks at the manufactured cult of Putin, the competing models of Russianness put forth in the media, the obsession with nostalgia and the limits on imagining the future, the rise of aggressive patriotism and the myth of ancient Russian ''traditional'' values, the significance of the fight against gay propaganda', and the absurdist strategies used by the opposition in the face of increasing restrictions on free speech. Though the book''s title invokes Putin, Russian Culture under Putin

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