The Russia Conundrum

CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE – A GREAT EXPERIMENT

  1.  Hopes and Aspirations

  2.  An Open Society

  3.  A Turning Point

  4.  Gambling Big

  5.  The Humbling

PART TWO – ENTER THE STRONGMAN

  6.  All Things to All Men

  7.  The Confrontation

  8.  An Anatomy of Corruption

  9.  Putin Unbound

10.  The Trial

11.  Arrested Development

12.  Gulag

PART THREE – EAST AND WEST

13.  Enemy at the Gates

14.  Managed Democracy

15.  International Operations

16.  What Is Russian for Fake News?

17.  Stop Thinking You Can Be Safe with the Bear

18.  Expansionist Dreams

19.  A Blunt Instrument

20.  You Are Not Safe

21.  Making Martyrs

22.  A Brighter Future

Acknowledgements

Notes

Picture Credits

Index

About the Authors

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