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Tony Wood and James Meek: Russia Without Putin
Tony Wood and James Meek: Russia Without Putin
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Dec 5, 2018
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Podcast episode
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Does the West’s obsession with Vladimir Putin prevent it from genuinely understanding Russia? In Russia Without Putin (Verso), LRB contributor and Russophile Tony Wood argues that the core features of Putinism—a predatory, authoritarian elite presiding over a vastly unequal society—are integral to the system set in place after the fall of Communism, a legacy of Yeltsinism rather than a resurgence of Soviet authoritarianism. Tony Wood was in conversation with James Meek, LRB Contributing Editor and author of Private Island (Verso). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Dec 5, 2018
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Podcast episode
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