Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (797 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00NY1A1OM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 507 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Many of them died for this story, and their work has largely been scrubbed from the Internet, and even from Russian libraries," Dawisha says. The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. She documents the establishment of Bank Rossiya, now sanctioned by the US; the rise of the Ozero cooperative, founded by Putin and others who are now subject to visa bans and asset freezes; the links between Putin, Petromed, and "Putin's Palace" near Sochi; and th
Sobering insight into Putin's Russia. Earlier this year, I read that Cambridge Press refused to publish this book for fear of a libel lawsuit. Of course, I was intrigued and curious about its contents.It is a no holds barred expose about the deeply ingrained and rampant corruption permeating Russia since the fall of the USSR. Ms Dawisha lays out in great deta. Nicholas Lloyd said An honest and unoptimistic look at modern Russia's criminal state. Professor Karen Dawisha’s newest book, "Putin’s Kleptocracy", is an exhaustive and terribly depressing look at the large-scale criminal enterprise which passes for a state in modern Russia. Putin, who himself is worth as much as $70 billion, has developed an elaborate network of loyalists who allow him to main. Answering: Who Is to Blame? Michael Herzen Professor Dawisha, of Miami University, Ohio, has undertaken, as one of her chief goals, a monumental task, one that is in essence fundamentally impossible: uncovering and estimating the levels of corruption undertaken by the Russian head of state and his team of the world's largest (by landmass) state. The difficulty, of