The invention of Russia
Subtitle: the rise of Putin and the age of fake news
By: Arkady Ostrovsky
Edition: Paperback edition, revised and updated.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780399564178
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Social change; Capitalism; Post-communism; Social conditions; Nationalism; Foreign relations; History
Other titles: Rise of Putin and the age of fake news
Description: "A highly regarded Moscow correspondent for the Economist, Arkady Ostrovsky comes to this story both as a participant and a foreign correspondent. His knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the phenomenon of Valdimir Putin - his rise and astonishing longevity, his use of hybrid warfare and the alarming crescendo of his military interventions. One of Putin's first acts was to reverse Gorbachev's decision to end media censorship and Ostrovsky argues that the Russian media has done more to shape the fate of the country than its politicians. Putin pioneered a new form of demagogic populism--oblivious to facts and aggressively nationalistic--that has now been embraced by Donald Trump. In his new paperback preface, Ostrovsky will explore how Putin influenced the US election, the Trump Putin access, and will consider how Putin's methods--weaponizing the media and serving up fake news--came to enter American politics"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Originally published as: The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war. 2015. With a new preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. In the beginning was the word. Fathers and sons ; New beginning or dead end ; "We suffered a victory" ; Kommersant or the birth of Russian capitalism ; Loss; title: II. "Image is everything". Normal television in abnormal circumstances ; The oligarchs' war ; Lights, camera, Putin ; Remote control ; Aerial combat.