THE DISSIDENT : ALEXEY NAVALNY: PROFILE OF A POLITICAL PRISONER
Εκδότης Little Brown , ISBN 9781538771600
THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and
criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and
became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival-so despised that the Russian
leader makes a point of never uttering Navalny's name.
There's an old saying that Russia without corruption isn't Russia. Alexey Navalny refuses
to accept this proposition. His stubborn insistence that Russians can defy the stereotype
and create an entirely different country made him such a threat to Putin that the Kremlin
wanted him exiled-or dead-and now seems intent on keeping him locked in a prison
colony for decades.
International correspondent David M. Herszenhorn, weaves together the threads of
Navalny's remarkable life and work:
- The assassination attempt with a military-grade nerve agent by an FSB hit squad in
Siberia, his recovery, and the vigilante-style investigation with news outlet Bellingcat to
identify and confront his own would-be killers;
- Navalny's personal biography as part of the generation that straddled the end of the
Soviet Union and birth of the Russian Federation, including childhood summers with his
Ukrainian grandparents near Chernobyl, and his fellowship at Yale University, which
spurred conspiracy theories about his ties to the U.S.;
- His anti-corruption investigations that exposed billions in graft at Russia's biggest stateowned companies and vast bribe-taking by top Russian officials, including his blockbuster
revelations about Putin's Black Sea Palace;
Περίληψη
THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and
criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and
became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival-so despised that the Russian
leader makes a point of never uttering Navalny's name.
There's an old saying that Russia without corruption isn't Russia. Alexey Navalny refuses
to accept this proposition. His stubborn insistence that Russians can defy the stereotype
and create an entirely different country made him such a threat to Putin that the Kremlin
wanted him exiled-or dead-and now seems intent on keeping him locked in a prison
colony for decades.
International correspondent David M. Herszenhorn, weaves together the threads of
Navalny's remarkable life and work:
- The assassination attempt with a military-grade nerve agent by an FSB hit squad in
Siberia, his recovery, and the vigilante-style investigation with news outlet Bellingcat to
identify and confront his own would-be killers;
- Navalny's personal biography as part of the generation that straddled the end of the
Soviet Union and birth of the Russian Federation, including childhood summers with his
Ukrainian grandparents near Chernobyl, and his fellowship at Yale University, which
spurred conspiracy theories about his ties to the U.S.;
- His anti-corruption investigations that exposed billions in graft at Russia's biggest stateowned companies and vast bribe-taking by top Russian officials, including his blockbuster
revelations about Putin's Black Sea Palace;
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Herszenhorn, David
- Eκδότης Little Brown
- ISBN 9781538771600
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100085260
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2024
- Σελίδες 320
- Διαστάσεις
- Βάρος 350 gr