This devastating appraisal is a searing portrait of a country in disarray and of the man at its helm, from "the bravest of Russian journalists" ("The New York Times").
The recent murder of Anna Politkovskaya is grim evidence of the danger faced by journalists passionately committed to writing the truth about wars and politics. A longtime critic of the Russian government, particularly with regard to its policies in Chechnya, Politkovskaya was a special correspondent for the liberal Moscow newspaper Novaya gazeta. ...
Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia's most fearless journalists, was gunned down in a contract killing in Moscow in the fall of 2006. Just before her death, Politkovskaya completed this searing, intimate record of life in Russia from the parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the grim summer of 2005, when the nation was still reeling from the ...
"A Russian Diary" is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in Moscow. Covering the period from the Russian parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005, "A Russian Diary" is an unflinching record of the plight of millions of ...
The first account written by a Russian woman of the Chechen conflict, "A Dirty War" is an edgy and intense study of a country in crisis. Exasperated at the Russian government's attempt to manipulate media coverage of the war in Chechnya, journalist Anna Politkovskaya set off for the front line to report back and keep events in the public eye. In a ...
Former KGB spy Vladimir Putin, named Prime Minister of Russia in 1999 and, one year later, President, has been something of a media darling in the West, having successfully marketed himself as an enlightened leader with both feet planted firmly on the Eastern borders of Europe. Anti-establishment journalist and human-rights activist Anna ...
A devastating account of contemporary Russia by a great and brave writer. A Russian Diary is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in Moscow. It covers the period from the Russian elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005. The book is an ...
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Qrdfront
Date Published: 2006
Description: Fine. No DJ Issued. Utins russia is the story of a journolists history on reporting the Chechen wars and Putins Russia. She was imprisoned, poisoned and so much more. They tried to stop her news but she survived. This book is written in Swedish. Great collectible. WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN SWEDISH. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dienas Grata
Date Published: 2006
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. No anglu valodas tulkojusi Aija Uzulena. 229pp. Inscription to ffep and light scratch to rear cover. Silk marker attached. Next post dispatch from the UK. read more
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