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Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution, Updated Edition
Potomac Books Inc.
March 2007
On Sale: March 20, 2007
484 pages
ISBN: 1597971227
EAN: 9781597971225
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
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 Yeltsinβs handpicked successorβVladimir Putin, a self-described childhood hooligan turned KGB officerβresolved 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 Putinβs 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 encounteredβboth those who have prospered and those barely survivingβand show how the political flux has shaped these individualsβ lives.
With shrewd reporting and unprecedented access to Putinβs insiders, Kremlin Rising offers both unsettling revelations about Russiaβs 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 countryβs uncertain future and its relationship with the United States.
 Media BuzzOn Point - September 10, 2013
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