Showing The Strongman: Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia by Angus Roxburgh
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The Strongman Drawing on dozens of exclusive interviews in Russia, where he worked for a time as a Kremlin insider advising Putin on press relations, as well as in the US and Europe, the author also argues that the West threw away chances to bring Russia in from the cold, by failing to understand its fears and aspirations following the collapse of communism. Full description