Between Two Fires : Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia
Yaffa, Joshua
In this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa
introduces readers to some of the country’s most remarkable figuresfrom
politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historianswho have built
their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the
Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent
demands of the state, each walks an individual path of compromise. Some
muster cunning and cynicism to extract all manner of benefits and
privileges from those in power.
Others, finding themselves to be
less adept, are left broken and demoralized. What binds them together
is the tangled web of dilemmas and contradictions they face.
Between Two Fireschronicles
the lives of a number of strivers who understand that their dreams are
bestor onlyrealized through varying degrees of cooperation with the
Russian government. With sensitivity and depth, Yaffa profiles the
director of the country’s main television channel, an Orthodox priest at
war with the church hierarchy, a Chechen humanitarian who turns a blind
eye to persecutions, and many others.
The result is an intimate
and probing portrait of a nation that is much discussed yet little
understood. By showing how citizens shape their lives around the demands
of a capricious and frequently repressive stateas often by choice as
under threat of forceYaffa offers urgent lessons about the true nature
of modern authoritarianism.
Kustantaja: UKBooks
Sidosasu: Kovakantinen
ean: 9781524760595
Ilmestymisvuosi: 2020
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