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Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia
I.B.Tauris
March 2012
On Sale: February 28, 2012
288 pages
ISBN: 1780760167
EAN: 9781780760162
Kindle: B007N797R0
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Non-Fiction Biography
Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for
the West, a far cry from the democratic ally many hoped for
when the Soviet Union collapsed. Abroad, Putin has used
Russia’s energy strength as a foreign policy weapon, while
at home he has cracked down on opponents, adamant that only
he has the right vision for his country’s future. Former BBC Moscow correspondent Angus Roxburgh charts the
dramatic fight for Russia’s future under Vladimir Putin—how
the former KGB man changed from reformer to autocrat; how he
sought the West’s respect but earned its fear; how he
cracked down on his rivals at home and burnished a
flamboyant personality cult, one day saving snow leopards or
horseback riding bare-chested, the next tongue-lashing
Western audiences. Drawing on dozens of exclusive interviews
in Russia, where he worked as a Kremlin insider advising
Putin on press relations, Roxburgh also argues that the West
threw away chances to bring Russia in from the cold by
failing to understand its fears and aspirations following
the collapse of communism.
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