num_pages: 400
description: A devastating account of contemporary Russia by a great and brave writer.A Russian Diary is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in Moscow. It covers the period from the Russian elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005. The book is an unflinching record of the plight of millions of Russians and a pitiless report on the cynicism and corruption of Vladimir Putin’s presidency.
language: English
title: A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption & Death in Putin's Russia
titlecomplete: A Russian Diary: A Journalist's Final Account of Life, Corruption & Death in Putin's Russia
characters: Anna Politkovskaya
genres: Russian Literature, Biography, History, Politics, Historical, Russia, Nonfiction, Journalism, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 1120
places: Russian Federation, United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Autobiography
publisher: Random House