Fragile empire
Subtitle: how Russia fell in and out of love with Vladimir Putin
By: Ben Judah
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780300181210
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents
Description: From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin's friends, foes, and colleagues, government officials, business tycoons, mobsters, and ordinary Russian citizens. 'Fragile Empire' is the fruit of Judah's thorough research: a probing assessment of Putin's rise to power and what it has meant for Russia and her people.