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Act of God/Act of Man

Belton, former Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times, did TONS of research for this book, and she was able to put together a rather cohesive picture of how modern-day Russia has been shaped by "KGB capitalism". In the book, Putin's rise to power, his tactics to cement his position and his inf......more

You know you’re reading about a frightening individual when the thought crosses your mind, “Is there any chance I could be assassinated just for posting a review of this book?” It is a pretty ludicrous thought, but the fate of so many in “Putin’s People” allows it to creep in. A lot of what is prese......more

[URL not allowed] The first thing you need to know, is that I have a massive, huge, just absolutely overflowing obsession with Russia. The whole entire history of it, from the Kievan Rus, to the tsars, to Soviet style communism (Stalin, specifically, keeps me reading), to the f......more

Orosz politika - mintha a Trónok harcát összekevernénk a Monopoly-val. Érdemes talán ott kezdeni, hogy a Szovjetunió összeomlik. Drezdában egy ismeretlen KGB-tiszt buzgón égeti a kiskályhában a kompromittáló iratokat (őrá mindjárt visszatérünk), miközben odahaza Jelcin rokonai, barátai és üzletfelei......more