Putin's Russia : life in a failing democracy / Anna Politkovskaya ; translated by Arch Tait ; [with a foreword by Anne Applebaum].

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Politkovskaya, Anna, 1958-2006

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: eng Publication details: New York : Metropolitan/Owl Books, 2007Description: xi, 274 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780805082500
0805082506

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DDC classification:

947.086

LOC classification:

338 DK 510.763 P769p 2007

Contents:

Foreword / Anne Applebaum -- Author's note -- My country's army and its mothers -- Our new Middle Ages, or war criminals of all the Russias -- Tanya, Misha, Lena, and Rinat: where are they now? -- How to misappropriate property with the connivance of the government -- More stories from the provinces -- Nord-Ost: the latest trail of destruction -- Akaky Akakievich Putin II -- Postscript.

Summary: "In October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was killed while working on an exposé of Chechnya's Russian-backed leader. Long hailed as "a lone voice crying out in a moral wilderness" ... [she] made her name with her fearless treporting on the war in Chechnya. More recently, she turned to Vladimir Putin himself, focusing on the multiple threats his regime poses to Russian stability and on the state of terror that in the end cost Politkovskaya her life."--Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	338 DK 510.763 P769p 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000149998

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Foreword / Anne Applebaum --
Author's note --
My country's army and its mothers --
Our new Middle Ages, or war criminals of all the Russias --
Tanya, Misha, Lena, and Rinat: where are they now? --
How to misappropriate property with the connivance of the government --
More stories from the provinces --
Nord-Ost: the latest trail of destruction --
Akaky Akakievich Putin II --
Postscript.

"In October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was killed while working on an exposé of Chechnya's Russian-backed leader. Long hailed as "a lone voice crying out in a moral wilderness" ... [she] made her name with her fearless treporting on the war in Chechnya. More recently, she turned to Vladimir Putin himself, focusing on the multiple threats his regime poses to Russian stability and on the state of terror that in the end cost Politkovskaya her life."--Back cover.

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