Books: Rotting From the Head Down
Books: Rotting From the Head Down
Author(s): Andrey PiontkovskySubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Russia; Books; economy; authors; Vladimir Putin; Moscow; Mikhail Gorbachev; oligarchs; multimillionaires; Lukoil; Gazprom; communism; corruption; KGB
Summary/Abstract: What you won’t learn from these two books is that while London may be chock-full of swinging oligarchs, Russia’s real economic masters are lording it back in Moscow. From Fear to Fraternity: A Russian Tale of Crime, Economy and Modernity, by Patricia Rawlinson. Pluto Press, 2010. Londongrad: From Russia With Cash – The Inside Story of the Oligarchs, by Mark Hollingsworth and Stewart Lansley. Fourth Estate, 2010.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 10/05
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
