The Russia Conundrum
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The Russia Conundrum
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Author : Mikhail Khodorkovsky
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-09-08
The Russia Conundrum written by Mikhail Khodorkovsky and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-08 with Political Science categories.
'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my head. The announcement didn't quite say 'dead or alive'. But it came close...' Mikhail Khodorkovsky, March 2021 Mikhail Khodorkovsky has seen behind the mask of Vladimir Putin. Once an oil tycoon and the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky spoke out against the corruption of Putin's regime - and was punished by the Kremlin, stripped of his entire wealth and jailed for over ten years. Now freed, working as a pro-democracy campaigner in enforced exile, Khodorkovsky brings us the insider's battle to save his country's soul. Offering an urgent analysis of what has gone wrong with Putin, The Russia Conundrum maps the country's rise and fall against Khodorkovsky's own journey, from Soviet youth to international oil executive, powerful insider to political dissident, and now a high-profile voice seeking to reconcile East and West. With unparalleled insight, written with Sunday Times bestselling author Martin Sixsmith, The Russia Conundrum exposes the desires and damning truths of Putin's Russia, and provides an answer to the West on how it must challenge the Kremlin - in order to pave the way for a better future.
Comparative Politics And Crisis Of Governance
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Author : Dr Sudhir Kumar
language : en
Publisher: Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Release Date : 2011-08-17
Comparative Politics And Crisis Of Governance written by Dr Sudhir Kumar and has been published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-17 with Political Science categories.
Democracy as a political system, its creation and evolution and implications on the people and the states has been the dominant subject matter of the comparative politics in the last five decades. The litmus test of such explanations has been the societies undergoing political transition, switching over from authoritarian political systems to democratic ones. This book is an attempt to critically analyze the theories which have come up in the case of post-Soviet states’ political transition began after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The book argues that democratization should be seen as a broader phenomenon with the objective of building an equal and just social order. Secondly, the dilemma of explaining democracy in theory and in practice can be better explained with the analysis of the nature of state i.e. who governs and how. Thirdly, the nature of any state should be measured on the principles of democratic governance. Here three major indicators of democratic governance have been selected: participation, transparency, and accountability. Analysing Russia within this research framework the book argues that despite having all the capabilities to be a strong state the Russian state has been facing acute crisis of governance being reflected in violent separatist movements, violation of constitutional laws and increasing crime rate. A major reason behind the crisis of governance in Russia is the lack of application of principles of democratic governance at various levels of transition: from the constitution making process to implementation of welfare and other public policies.
The Russia Conundrum L Nigme De La Russie De Mikha L Khodorkovsky
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Author : Chantal Bourry
language : fr
Publisher: Librinova
Release Date : 2022-11-28T00:00:00Z
The Russia Conundrum L Nigme De La Russie De Mikha L Khodorkovsky written by Chantal Bourry and has been published by Librinova this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-28T00:00:00Z with Political Science categories.
Fiche de lecture de l’ouvrage The Russia Conundrum (L’Énigme de la Russie) publié en septembre 2022 (éd. WH Allen). Il a été écrit par le Russe Mikhaïl Khodorkovski, dont la vie riche de rencontres et d’événements en fait l’auteur d’un livre exceptionnel, non traduit en français à ce jour. Khodorkovski décrit avec force exemples le pouvoir arbitraire, la surveillance étatique omniprésente, la répression de toute dissidence et l’autoritarisme corrompu du Kremlin. Il raconte comment il fut jugé et emprisonné, sa détention dans un camp pénitentiaire en Sibérie. Il explique ce qu’est le régime russe, détaille la personnalité de Vladimir Poutine, avec lequel il s’est souvent entretenu. Il analyse la société et l’esprit russes. Et il garde l’espoir d’une société libre et démocratique, pour laquelle il œuvre activement au sein d’Open Russia. En annexes de la fiche de lecture, sont présentées la biographie de Vladimir Poutine et celle de l’auteur du livre.
The Russia Anxiety
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Author : Mark B. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019
The Russia Anxiety written by Mark B. Smith and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
A history of Russophobia and its living legacy in world affairs With proof of election-meddling and the relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin an ongoing conundrum, little wonder many Americans are experiencing what historian Mark B. Smith calls "the Russia Anxiety." This is no new phenomenon. Time and time again, the West has judged Russia on assumptions of its inherent cunning, malevolence, and brutality. Yet for much of its history, Russia functioned no differently-or at least no more dysfunctionally-than other absolutist, war-mongering European states. So what is it about this country that so often provokes such excessive responses? And why is this so dangerous? Russian history can indeed be viewed as a catalog of brutal violence, in which a rotation of secret police-from Ivan the Terrible's Oprichina to Andropov's KGB and Putin's FSB-hold absolute sway. However, as Smith shows, there are nevertheless deeper political and cultural factors that could lead to democratic outcomes. Violence is not an innate element of Russian culture, and Russia is not unknowable. From foreign interference and cyber-attacks to mega-corruption and nuclear weapons, Smith uses Russia's sprawling history to throw light on contemporary concerns. Smith reveals how the past has created today's Russia and how this past offers hints about its future place in the world-one that reaches beyond crisis and confrontation.
The Conundrum Of Russian Capitalism
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Author : Ruslan Dzarasov
language : en
Publisher: Pluto Press
Release Date : 2013-12-17
The Conundrum Of Russian Capitalism written by Ruslan Dzarasov and has been published by Pluto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-17 with Business & Economics categories.
In this book Ruslan Dzarasov reveals the nature of Russian capitalism following the fall of the Soviet Union, showing how the system originated in both the degenerated Soviet bureaucracy and the pressures of global capital. He provides an unprecedented analysis of Russian firms' corporate governance and labor practices, and makes sense of their peculiar investment strategies. By comparing the practices of Russian companies to the typical models of corporate governance and investment behavior of big firms in the West, Dzarasov sheds light on the relationship between the core and periphery of the capitalist world-system. This groundbreaking study proves that Russia's new capitalism is not a break with the country's Stalinist past, but is in fact the continuation of that tradition. At the same time, the brutal and deficient character of the current system also reflects the realities of the modern globalized and financialized world capitalist system.
My Fellow Prisoners
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Author : Mikhail Khodorkovsky
language : en
Publisher: ABRAMS
Release Date : 2015-02-24
My Fellow Prisoners written by Mikhail Khodorkovsky and has been published by ABRAMS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-24 with Political Science categories.
The Russian oil mogul and activist offers reflections on his decades-long incarceration under Putin in this “illuminating and brave” prison memoir (The Washington Post). Mikhail Khodorkovsky was Russia’s most successful businessman—and an outspoken critic of the Kremlin. As his oil company Yukos revived the Russian oil industry, Khodorkovsky began sponsoring programs to encourage civil society and fight corruption. Then he was arrested at gunpoint. Sentenced to ten years in a Siberian penal colony on fraud and tax evasion charges in 2003, Khodorkovsky was put on trial again in 2010 and sentenced to fourteen years on new charges that contradicted the previous ones. While imprisoned, Khodorkovsky fought for the rights of his fellow prisoners, going on hunger strike four times. After he was pardoned in 2013, he vowed to continue fighting for prisoners’ rights, and this book is dedicated to that work. A moving portrait of the prisoners Khodorkovsky met, My Fellow Prisoners is an eye-opening account of Russia’s brutal prison system. “Vivid, humane and poignant” —Financial Times
The Conundrum Of Russian Capitalism
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Author : Ruslan S. Dzarasov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Conundrum Of Russian Capitalism written by Ruslan S. Dzarasov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Capitalism categories.
Putin S Oil
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Author : Martin Sixsmith
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-02-15
Putin S Oil written by Martin Sixsmith and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-15 with Political Science categories.
This title investigates Vladimir Putin's war for control of Russia's vast oil reserves, in particular Mikhail Khodorkovsky's oil firm, Yukos. "Putin's Oil" investigates the complex world of Kremlin politics, including conspiracies and conspiracy theories, allegations that Roman Abramovitch plotted with Putin to destroy Khodorkovsky, suspicions of betrayal and double agents in the Kremlin and in Yukos, murder charges against Khodorkovsky's partners, and the KGB defector who claims they were carried out by Kremlin agents. After the mysterious death in a helicopter crash of the Englishman who had taken over Yukos, the company's war against the Kremlin is now being waged by a troika of mild mannered Britons, pursued by Interpol arrest warrants and Moscow's fury. Khodorkovsky remains in a penal camp in far Eastern Siberia. Martin Sixsmith, former BBC Moscow Correspondent, has gained unprecedented access to many of the players in the drama. The resulting book is both a thriller and an analysis of the defining moments of Putin's presidency and their ongoing impact in Russian and world politics.
South Asia Conundrum
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Author : B. M. Jain
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-04-30
South Asia Conundrum written by B. M. Jain and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with Political Science categories.
South Asia Conundrum offers fresh ideas and enlightening narratives about how geopolitical and geostrategic entanglements of extra-regional powers, notably the United States, Russia and China, in South Asia and its extended neighborhood have transformed the Af-Pak region into a theater of unending conflict and political instability. The book addresses and illuminates the impending challenges and evaluates policy options before the Trump administration and US allies in dealing with the Afghan imbroglio. The book argues how the emerging strategic alliance among Russia, Iran, China and Pakistan has not only constrained US options in the region but has also constricted the US role and influence in South Asia, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. South Asian Conundrum further illustrates how the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a part of Beijing’s mega Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), constitutes a direct challenge to economic and security interests of India and the United States in the region. The scope of the book is not exclusively limited to South Asia. Its geostrategic and geo-economic ramifications are much larger and deeper in global and regional contexts, involving the Greater Middle East Asia, the triangular Russian-Chinese and Iranian strategic partnership, and the long term fallout of CPEC and China’s BRI on global political and economic architecture.
Wheel Of Fortune
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Author : Thane Gustafson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-06
Wheel Of Fortune written by Thane Gustafson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-06 with History categories.
The world’s largest exporter of oil is facing mounting problems that could send shock waves through every major economy. Gustafson provides an authoritative account of the Russian oil industry from the last years of communism to its uncertain future. The stakes extend beyond global energy security to include the threat of a destabilized Russia.