Inside Putin's Russia

Zusatztext Jack came to understand quite a bit. [he] even displays an ear for Russian humor, which distills the current political system. Putin dominates Jack's book even more than the leader dominates Russia, but the portrait we get is fairly acute. For Jack, the lightbulb illuminated while he was attempting to report the Slavneft "auction" in December 2002. Equally splendid is his reporting over the course of a few pages on the telltale beverage giant Wimm-Mill-Dann. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Jack is a journalist for the Financial Times, currently based in London. He was based in Russia from 1998 to 2004, covering the end of the Yeltsin era, the rise to power of Vladimir Putin, and his entire period in office. Klappentext Drawing on interviews with Putin, other leading figures, and ordinary Russians, Andrew Jack, former Moscow Bureau Chief of the Financial Times, describes how the former KGB official emerged from the shadows of the Soviet secret police and lowly government jobs to become the most powerful man in Russia. Zusammenfassung Drawing on interviews with Putin, other leading figures, and ordinary Russians, Andrew Jack, former Moscow Bureau Chief of the Financial Times, describes how the former KGB official emerged from the shadows of the Soviet secret police and lowly government jobs to become the most powerful man in Russia.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Jack, Jack Andrew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2005
• EAN: 9780195189094
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518909-4
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Political leaders & leadership, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY / Russia / General