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Kremlin Rising - Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution, Updated Edition (Paperback, Updated Ed.)
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Kremlin Rising - Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution, Updated Edition (Paperback, Updated Ed.)
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With the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia launched itself
on a fitful transition to Western-style democracy and a market
economy. But a decade later, Boris Yeltsin's handpicked
successor-Vladimir Putin, a self-described childhood hooligan
turned KGB officer-resolved to end the revolution. Kremlin Rising
goes behind the scenes of contemporary Russia to offer a sobering
picture of its leader and the direction in which the country is now
headed. As Moscow bureau chiefs for the Washington Post, Peter
Baker and Susan Glasser witnessed firsthand the methodical campaign
to reverse the post-Soviet revolution and transform Russia back
into an authoritarian state. Their gripping narrative moves from
Putin's unlikely rise through the key moments of his tenure. But
the authors go beyond the politics to draw a moving and vivid
portrait of the Russian people they encountered-both those who have
prospered and those barely surviving-and show how the political
flux has shaped these individuals'lives. With shrewd reporting and
unprecedented access to Putin's insiders, Kremlin Rising offers
both unsettling revelations about Russia's leader and a compelling
inside look at life in the land he is building. This book is an
extraordinary contribution to our understanding of Russia and the
debate about the country's uncertain future and its relationship
with the United States.
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