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Barbara Włodarczyk, doświadczona reporterka, wieloletnia korespondentka polskiej telewizji w Moskwie, nie boi się wyruszyć ani na daleką syberyjską prowincję, ani na salony oligarchów. Wie, z kim rozmawiać, kogo słuchać i jak zajrzeć za kulisy wydarzeń, aby oddać to, co myślą, czują i jak żyją Rosjanie oraz ich niepodzielny władca Władimir Putin. Na swoich rozmówców i przewodników po dzisiejszej Rosji autorka wybiera zwykłych...
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Intelligence expert Malcolm Nance reveals exactly how Trump and his inner circle conspired, coordinated, communicated, and eventually strategized to commit the greatest act of treachery in the history of the United States: compromising the presidential oath of office in exchange for power and personal enrichment.
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Ukraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 in response to the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests against oligarchical corruption, the game has become one of life and death. In Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland, Karl Schlögel presents a picture of a country which...
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A inicios del año 2022, la guerra contra Ucrania tomó por sorpresa al mundo. Sin embargo, más que un hecho aislado, es parte de una estrategia de Rusia que viene de tiempo atrás, en un intento por recuperar la posición geopolítica que ostentaba hasta hace unas cuantas décadas. Guerra en Ucrania es un libro que permitirá comprender las razones por las cuales se desató una guerra y una invasión contra el país de Europa del Este. Los lectores...
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What can the rise and reign of this century's most feared politician teach us about life, work and love? Rob Sears shows how the machinations that enabled Putin to dominate the Kremlin and undermine the United States of America could also help you take control of your mundane life. How would you like to ruin your enemies by sharing compromising material about that time they didn't wash their hands? Or annex territory by claiming the stationery cupboard...
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¿Cómo pasó Vladimir Putin de ser un simple oficial de la KGB en la República Democrática Alemana a convertirse en la figura más poderosa de la nueva Rusia, que se aleja cada vez más de los occidentales? Hubert Seipel fue el único periodista occidental que logró acompañar a Putin durante el último lustro. Sin demonizar al personaje, pero con una distancia crítica inexcusable, dibuja el retrato más certero del jerarca ruso escrito hasta...
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In December 2013, David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled, "it was surprising it took so long." Satter is known in Russia for having written that the apartment bombings in 1999, which were blamed on Chechens and brought Putin to power, were actually carried out by the Russian FSB security police. In this book, Satter tells the story...
90) Putin's Russia
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"This classic text provides an authoritative and current analysis of contemporary Russia. Leading scholars explore the daunting domestic and international problems Russia confronts, considering a comprehensive array of economic, political, foreign policy, and social issues"--
"Thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated, the new edition of this classic text provides the most authoritative and current analysis of contemporary Russia. Leading scholars...
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The Russian president's landmark speeches, interviews and policies borrow heavily from great Russian thinkers past and present, from Peter the Great to Dostoevsky and Solzhenitsyn. They offer powerful visions of strong leaders and the Russian nation: they value conservatism and the Slavic spirit. They root morality in Orthodoxy, and Russian identity in the historic struggle with the West. Today, Putin manages and manipulates those same ideas in his...
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"Eight years after annexing Crimea, Russia embarked on a full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in February 2022. For Vladimir Putin, this was a legacy-defining mission-to restore Russia's sphere of influence and undo Ukraine's surprisingly resilient democratic experiment. Yet Putin's aspirations were swiftly eviscerated, as the conflict degenerated into a bloody war of attrition and the Russian economy faced crippling sanctions. How can we make...
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"The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad-while Western spies watched in horror as their governments failed to guard against the threat. They thought they had found a safe haven in the green hills of England. They were wrong. One by one, the Russian oligarchs, dissidents, and gangsters who fled to Britain after Vladimir Putin came to power dropped dead in strange or suspicious circumstances. One by...
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The thrilling true story of how Putin's spy agency, run by the Russian billionaire class, used the promise of power and influence to cultivate Trump as well as his closest aides, the Kremlin Crew, to become unwitting assets of the Russian government. In April 2016, computer technicians at the Democratic National Committee discovered that someone had accessed the organization's computer servers. The FBI found that more than twenty-five state election...
98) Trolle Putina
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Chociaż książkę Trolle Putina, Prawdziwe historie z frontów rosyjskiej wojny informacyjnej, autorstwa fińskiej publicystki Jessikki Aro czyta się jak fikcyjną powieść szpiegowską, nie ma w niej ani grama nieprawdy. Sięgnij po reportaż i dowiedz się, do czego zdolne potrafią być władze jednego z największych mocarstw na świecie. Jessikka Aro w książce "Trolle Putina, Prawdziwe historie z frontów rosyjskiej wojny informacyjnej"...
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Cuando el joven abogado ruso de Bill Browder, Serguéi Magnitski, fue asesinado a golpes en una cárcel de Moscú, Browder convirtió en la misión de su vida perseguir a sus asesinos y asegurarse de que se enfrentaran a la justicia. El primer paso de esa misión fue descubrir quién estaba detrás del plan de devolución de impuestos de 230 millones de dólares por el que Magnitski fue asesinado. Mientras Browder y su equipo rastreaban el dinero...
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"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...
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