The Invention of Russia, (Paperback)

from rivkat

How things went wrong in Russia, with the failure of democratic reformers to put in a structure that could survive the transfer of power. Very few heroes here.

from APopova

Thorough overview of the media in the last 30 years -from Gorbachev to Putin. Very well done although assumes a knowledge of Russian historical events and recent history.

from TeaTimeCoder

Goes beyond the simple reconstruction of the chain of events and provides ample explanation and analysis of possible motivations and reasons behind the current state of Russia.

from pennsylady

"Author, Arkady Ostrovsky is a Russian-born journalist who has spent 15 years reporting from Moscow, first for the Financial Times and then as bureau chief for The Economist.....(from book cover) Arkady Ostrovsky proposes the answer to the question What happened to the promise of the late 80's an...

from lobotomy42

The Invention of Russia is severely misrepresented by its book jacket, probably intentionally. The book is primarily about political changes in Russia from 1980 to 2000 *as reflected in the Russian media landscape.* (A short chapter is added to the end that jumps forward to 2014 and the invasion ...