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The Successor
Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin and the Decline of Modern Russia
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The Successor
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Narrated by:
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Aaron Clinard
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Written by:
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Mikhail Fishman
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Michele A. Berdy
When did Russia lose its chance of freedom?
1990: As a new openness sweeps Russia, a talented young physicist, Boris Nemtsov, begins his career in politics. Charismatic, confident, liberal and vehemently opposed to corruption, he swiftly rises to prominence. For the first time, another future seems possible.
2015: Putin holds the country in the grip of tyranny once more. Nemtsov, now his fiercest and most unrelenting opponent, is assassinated on a Moscow bridge.
This is the story of how a nation's dreams of democracy died.
Drawing on buried archives and off-the-record interviews, exiled journalist Mikhail Fishman gives a gripping insider account of the tragedy of modern Russia, told through the many lives of Boris Nemtsov - activist, playboy, leader-in-waiting, dissident and, finally, victim. From the economic reforms under Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin's oligarchy, through two wars in Chechnya and the invasion of Ukraine, this is the story of a man fired by the belief that Russia could, still, have another future.
Critic Reviews
For anyone who wants to understand how Russia has turned back into one of the world's worst tyrannies, this excellent book is as good a place as any to start. It is less a biography of Nemtsov than the story of modern Russia seen through his subject's eyes... A vaulable reminder of one of Russia's important martyrs for freedom
Searching, propulsive... Offers a glimpse of the open, pluralist Russia that almost was - and may yet be
MikhaIl Fishman, a veteran journalist of the Putin era, tells the Nemtsov story with extraordinary reportorial detail and a profound sense of what could have been
(David Remnick, author of 'Lenin's Tomb')An engrossing account of Russia's fleeting brush with democracy and its slide back into authoritarian rule, told through the life of a man once expected to succeed Yeltsin. Fishman brilliantly evokes the charged atmosphere of those years, a time when anything seemed possible-until it wasn't
(Daniel Treisman, co-author of 'Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century')[A] fascinating account of two men-and two irreconcilable visions-for Russia's future... An intimate portrait of political rivals at the moment Russia's fragile freedom gave way to authoritarian rule
Richly detailed... An intricate, political cautionary tale