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A review by veefuller
I love Russia: Reporting from a lost country by Elena Kostyuchenko
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Read. This. Book.
If you want to understand the transformation of a budding democratic Russia to what Putin has transformed into an autocratic, dictator's dream of a hellscape for individuals, you'll absolutely want to read this book.
There is nothing more important to a civil society or democratic society than a free and independent media. Journalists like Elena Kostyuchenko and her colleagues at Novaya Gazeta -- both living and dead -- embody the absolute best of Russia. Perhaps that's what made them most dangerous to Putin.
This book is beautiful. It is also heartbreaking. But, people like Elena who continue to speak truth to power against impossible odds give me hope.
'None of us are free until all of us are free.'
If you want to understand the transformation of a budding democratic Russia to what Putin has transformed into an autocratic, dictator's dream of a hellscape for individuals, you'll absolutely want to read this book.
There is nothing more important to a civil society or democratic society than a free and independent media. Journalists like Elena Kostyuchenko and her colleagues at Novaya Gazeta -- both living and dead -- embody the absolute best of Russia. Perhaps that's what made them most dangerous to Putin.
This book is beautiful. It is also heartbreaking. But, people like Elena who continue to speak truth to power against impossible odds give me hope.
'None of us are free until all of us are free.'