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Our Dear Friends in Moscow - by Irina Borogan & Andrei Soldatov (Hardcover)
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- Two of Russia's most prominent investigative journalists tell the story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russians in the 1990s faded to be replaced by autocracy, fear, and betrayalOur Dear Friends in Moscow tells the story of a group of young Russians, part of an idealistic generation who came of age in Moscow at the end of the twentieth century, just as the communist era imploded and a future full of potential, and uncertainty, stood in front of them.
- About the Author: Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan are investigative journalists and partners, now in exile, with more than two decades' experience of reporting on Russia.
- 336 Pages
- History, Russia & the Former Soviet Union
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Two of Russia's most prominent investigative journalists tell the story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russians in the 1990s faded to be replaced by autocracy, fear, and betrayalOur Dear Friends in Moscow tells the story of a group of young Russians, part of an idealistic generation who came of age in Moscow at the end of the twentieth century, just as the communist era imploded and a future full of potential, and uncertainty, stood in front of them. Initially, the group seized and enjoyed the freedoms of the new era, but quickly the notion that Russia was destined to join the West, and Europe, in a new partnership began to fade. At home the economy crashed, civil war stalked Chechnya, and terrorism came to Moscow. More discreetly, the new Russian government, getting angrier at the West and collecting a list of grievances, began to pull inward. By the time of Vladimir Putin's second and apparently endless term as president, the country had embraced a kind of ethnonationalism and was heading for war at home and abroad.
The group is torn apart by the shift in Russia. Some flee; others become sinister agents of the ever more aggressive state. The center cannot hold.Review Quotes
"This is a book that lifts the lid on how Putin has not only bludgeoned Russian liberals but also corrupted so many of them. Soldatov and Borogan have written a profound account of the emasculation of Russia's once-vibrant media."--Robert Service, author of A History of Modern Russia
About the Author
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan are investigative journalists and partners, now in exile, with more than two decades' experience of reporting on Russia. They are cofounders of Agentura.ru, an online watchdog of Russia's security and intelligence services. Together they are the authors of multiple books, most recently The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad. They live in London.
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