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The compatriots: the brutal and chaotic history of Russia's exiles, emigrés, and agents abroad

✍ Scribed by Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava;Borogan, Irina;Soldatov, Andreĭ


Book ID
100662353
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Weight
254 KB
Edition
First edition
Category
Fiction
City
Russland, Soviet Union,Soviet Union.
ISBN-13
9782017213246

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✦ Synopsis


Soviet/Russian foreign intelligence organizations and departments in charge of keeping tabs on Russian emigrés -- Cast of characters -- Part 1. Spies and dissidents -- Talent spotting -- Identifying targets -- The cost of love -- "The Horse" -- "The Mother" -- Operations area: United States -- The tide turns -- Warring narratives -- Stalin's daughter -- Now it's official -- Bear in the West -- The KGB thinks big -- Moving people -- The other Russia -- Part 2. Market Forces -- Moving the money -- The scheme devised -- Muddying the waters -- Some habits die hard -- Cooperation and rebranding -- Part 3. Putin's project -- A fresh start -- The siege -- Getting out the message -- The crisis -- Courting the White Church -- Reunion -- Part 4. Means of outreach -- Political emigration: restart -- Illusions crushed -- "We need Some targeted hits" -- Desperate times -- When the Party's over -- Eliminating the problem -- Chasing a poison -- Everything old is new again -- The fears of the super-rich -- Epilogue.;"Moscow-based journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan look at the complex, ever-shifting role of Russian emigrés since the 1917 October Revolution to the present day. From secret agents to doomed dissidents, the story of Russian emigrés is an invaluable angle through which to understand Russia in the modern world."--

✦ Subjects


Espionnage russe -- À l'étranger -- 20e siècle


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