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The definitive and award-winning history of Vladimir Putin's rise to power following the collapse of the Soviet Union, by The Economist's Russia editor.

'Fast-paced and excellently written' New York Times

'A real insiders' story of Russia's post-Soviet "counter-revolution" - an important and timely book.' Anne Applebaum

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE

How did a country that embraced freedom over twenty-five years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with the West? In this Orwell Prize-winning book, Arkady Ostrovsky reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled post-Soviet transformation.

Ostrovsky's knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the rise of Vladimir Putin and to reveal how he pioneered a new form of demagogic populism. In a new preface he examines Putin's influence on the US election and explores how his methods - weaponizing the media and serving up fake news - came to enter Western politics.

The Invention of Russia: The Journey from Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War

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    Publisher: Atlantic Books
    Publication Date: 02/06/2016
    ISBN13: 9780857891600, 978-0857891600
    ISBN10: 085789160X

    Number of Pages: 400

    Non Fiction , History

    Description

    The definitive and award-winning history of Vladimir Putin's rise to power following the collapse of the Soviet Union, by The Economist's Russia editor.

    'Fast-paced and excellently written' New York Times

    'A real insiders' story of Russia's post-Soviet "counter-revolution" - an important and timely book.' Anne Applebaum

    WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE

    How did a country that embraced freedom over twenty-five years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with the West? In this Orwell Prize-winning book, Arkady Ostrovsky reaches back to the darkest days of the Cold War to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled post-Soviet transformation.

    Ostrovsky's knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the rise of Vladimir Putin and to reveal how he pioneered a new form of demagogic populism. In a new preface he examines Putin's influence on the US election and explores how his methods - weaponizing the media and serving up fake news - came to enter Western politics.

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