{"product_id":"putins-russia-anna-politkovskaya-9780805082500","title":"Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing portrait of a country in disarray and of the man at its helm, from the bravest of Russian journalists (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed as a lone voice crying out in a moral wilderness (\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e), Anna Politkovskaya made her name with her fearless reporting on the war in Chechnya. Here, she turned her steely gaze on the multiple threats to Russian stability, among them Vladimir Putin himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich with characters and poignant accounts\u003ci\u003e, Putin's Russia\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a far-reaching state of decay. Politkovskaya describes an army in which soldiers die from malnutrition, parents must pay bribes to recover their dead sons' bodies, and conscripts are even hired out as slaves. She exposes rampant corruption in business, government, and the judiciary, where everything from store permits to bus routes to court appointments is for sale. And she offers a scathing condemnation of the war in Chechnya, where kidnappings, extra-judicial killings, rape, and torture beget terrorism rather than fighting it. Finally, Politkovskaya denounces both Putin, for stifling civil liberties as he pushes the country back to a Soviet-style dictatorship, and the West, for its unqualified embrace of the Russian leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSounding an urgent alarm, \u003ci\u003ePutin's Russia \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping portrayal of a country in crisis and the testament of a great and intrepid reporter, who received death threats and survived assassination attempts for her scathing criticism of the Kremlin. Tragically, on October 7, 2006, Politkovskaya was shot and found dead in an elevator in her Moscow apartment building. After several years of investigations, five men were imprisoned for her murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Politkovskaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805082506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805082500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/04\/2007 pg. 28","brand":"Anna Politkovskaya","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049265459455,"sku":"9780805082500","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4364e75b-9702-4eb2-bebd-be87944902df.jpg?v=1685000586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/putins-russia-anna-politkovskaya-9780805082500","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}