"The Man Without a Face" is the chilling account of how a low- level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world.Handpicked as a successor by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the oligarchy to shape according to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of media, sent political rivals and critics into exile or to the grave, and smashed the country's fragile electoral system, concentrating power in the hands of his cronies.As a journalist...
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2014-04-06
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Aktuellare än någonsin, Marsha Gessens skrämmande skildring av utvecklingen mot diktatur i Ryssland och av Putin som maktdespot. Hon har hittat källor som berättar om Putins uppväxt och väg till makten och argumenterar för att en del av det som har angetts som tetjeniska terrordåd i själva verket var iscensatta av KGB. Hennes skildring verkar trovärdig mot bakgrund av de senaste händelserna.
2014-02-23
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En skrämmande berättelse om Putins väg till makten. Ryssland är tillbaka på ruta ett igen-diktatur!
