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Stalin and mao were the most ruthless killers of their own people, and that is putins heritage. After politkovskaya became widely known in the west, she was commissioned to write putin s russia later subtitled life in a failing democracy, a broader account of her views and experiences after former kgb lieutenant colonel vladimir putin became boris yeltsin s prime minister, and then succeeded him as president of russia. A journalists final account of life, corruption and death in putins russia by anna politkovskaya its fashionable these days to describe a book as important. Putins russia is a political commentary book by the late russian journalist anna politkovskaya.
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Anna politkovskaya has 15 books on goodreads with 834 ratings. On october 16, 2006, the national endowment for democracy held a memorial gathering for anna politkovskaya. Reading this book, i can see why they thought she was such a threat. While most arent, anna politkovskayas a russian diary is. A journalists final account of life, corruption, and death in putins russia. Anna politkovskaya, one of russias most fearless journalists, was gunned down in a contract killing in moscow in the fall of 2006. As she puts it, my book is jottings made on the margins of life in russia.
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