A vivid and revealing exploration of the way in which myth, power and religion interact to produce the love-hate relationship between the Russian people and Vladimir Putin.
Petrostate:Putin, Power, and the New Russia
β Scribed by Goldman, Marshall I.
- Book ID
- 108446856
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 393 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780195398632
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