Fragmented, but the tragic stories of particular individuals and families, abused soldiers, their stalwart mothers, the victims and survivors of the Nord-Ost theater seizer, Chechnyans in Russia, the old female friend that got rich ... give a feeling of what it's like to live in Russia today. (

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Periodista | Jun 26, 2009 |

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Antipodean | Jan 5, 2009 |

A searing, and damning, look at Russia under the rule of Vladimir Putin. Also a powerful indictment of the Russian military's behavior in both the First and Second Chechen Wars. (

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ValSmith | Aug 17, 2008 |

This is a great book diving into the harsh and cruel side of Putin and Russia. I loved the chapter telling of the mother that threw herself into the river when she learned her son was one of the victims of Nord Ost.

I did, however, have to take Anna's hate of Putin with a grain of salt. When there is such hatred of another human being, I tend to want to see the other side of things to make my own decisions. I don't guess Putin will write a response to this book. Even if he did, I wouldn't believe it. Good book. (

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webboodah | Jun 27, 2007 |

Amazing book. Worth reading not only as a homage to a brave woman, but also to have an insight on Russia. I loved the chapter on Politkovskaya's friend who becomes rich. And the chapter on violations of human rights in Chechnya. And the chapter on the terrorist attack to the Moscow theatre. It is an excellent reading! (

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moirilla | May 1, 2007 |

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A searing portrait of a country in disarray, and of the man at its helm, from “the bravest of journalists” (The New York Times)

Hailed as “a lone voice crying out in a moral wilderness” (New Statesman), Anna Politkovskaya made her name with her fearless reporting on the war in Chechnya. Now she turns her steely gaze on the multiple threats to Russian stability, among them President Putin himself.

Putin’s Russia depicts a far-reaching state of decay. Politkovskaya describes an army in which soldiers die from malnutrition, parents must pay bribes to recover their dead sons’ bodies, and conscripts are even hired out as slaves. She exposes rampant corruption in business, government, and the judiciary, where everything from store permits to bus routes to court appointments is for sale. And she offers a scathing condemnation of the ongoing war in Chechnya, where kidnappings, extrajudicial killings, rape, and torture are begetting terrorism rather than fighting it.

Sounding an urgent alarm, Putin’s Russia is both a gripping portrayal of a country in crisis and the testament of a great and intrepid reporter.

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