Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia Laura Leedy Gansler puncturing old myths and challenging

puncturing old myths and challenging new ones

Turning from abstract to concrete

ISBN13: 9781611458411

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Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia Laura Leedy Gansler puncturing old myths and challengingIn the aftermath of the financial collapse of August 1998, it looked as if Russia's day as a superpower had come and gone. That it should recover and reassert itself after less than a decade is nothing short of an economic and political miracle. Based on extensive research, including several interviews with Vladimir Putin, this revealing book chronicles Russia's dramatic reemergence on the world stage, illuminating the key reason for its rebirth: the