The New Nobility - Andrei Soldatov; Irina Borodan

The New Nobility
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Autor: Andrei Soldatov; Irina Borodan

 Wydawnictwo: Perseus Books
ISBN: 9781586488024
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Stron: 320
Data wydania: 2010-09-01
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In the first book from inside Russia in more than fifteen years on the influence and role of the security services, two courageous journalists chart how the KGB rose from the Soviet ashes and recreated itself at the prompting and with the assistance of Vladimir Putin. In "The New Nobility", two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political opposition, reassert the power of the state, and carry out assassinations overseas. At the same time, its agents and spies were put beyond public accountability and blessed with the prestige, benefits, and legitimacy lost since the Soviet collapse. The security services have played a central - and often mysterious - role at key turning points in Russia during these tumultuous years: from Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan massacre. The security services are not all-powerful; they have made clumsy and sometimes catastrophic blunders. But what is clear is that after the chaotic 1990s, when they were sidelined, they have made a remarkable return to power, abetted by their most famous alumnus, Putin.

"Kirkus Reviews," July 1, 2010
"A relentless investigation that demonstrates how, with Putin's rise, the KSB has taken its place 'at the head table of power and prestige in Russia.' "

"Wall Street Journal," September 17, 2010
"Few people are better placed than Mr. Soldatov and Ms. Borogan to write with authority on this subject. They run the website Agentura.Ru, a magpie's nest of news and analysis that presents a well-informed view of the inner workings of this secret state. Given the fates that have befallen other investigative journalists in Russia in recent years, some might fear for the authors' safety. But the publication of the ""The New Nobility"" in English is welcome; it should be essential reading for those who hold naive hopes about Russia's development or who pooh-pooh the fears of its neighbors."

"Foreign Policy," September 17, 2010
"The authors bring hard-digging, fact-based journalism to an aspect of Russia that has been hard to document and understand... Sober and probing."

"Basil and Spice," September 14, 2010
"A non-fiction book that reads like a spy thriller... "The New Nobility" is an important book, well written and meticulously researched by two journalists with the right sources, both inside and outside the FSB."

"Sunday Times" (UK), September 19, 2010
"This compelling book is a distillation of [Soldavov Borogan's] work on the website. Drawing on considerable research it describes how the KGB, for decades at the violent vanguard of the communist dictatorship, switched effortlessly after the fall of the Soviet Union, preserving the stability of the new ultra-capitalist Kremlin; same people, many of the same methods, different name and economic system."

"The Guardian," September 25, 2010
"Because every page in this book gainsays his claim in the most forceful fashion imaginable that democracy is now decisive in defining Russia's political direction.... It is the product of two profoundly courageous Russia.

Książka "The New Nobility"
Andrei Soldatov; Irina Borodan