The Red Web
Subtitle: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
By: Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan
Contributors: Borogan, I. (Irina), author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781610395731; 9781610399579
Subjects: Politics and government; Electronic surveillance; Access control; Information society; Freedom of information; Internet
Description: From Soviet-era research laboratories to the present, traces the history of Russian intelligence and surveillance systems, and looks at technology's potential for both good and evil under Vladimir Putin's regime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The prison of information; title: The first connection; title: Merlin's tower; title: The black box; title: The coming of Putin; title: Internet rising; title: Revolt of the wired; title: Putin strikes back; title: "We just come up with the hardware"; title: Part 2. The Snowden affair; title: Putin's overseas offensive; title: Watch your back; title: The big red button; title: Moscow's long shadow; title: Information runs free.