The Putin Mystique

How Vladimir Putin rules Russia follows the long tradition of Russian leaders, from tsars to Soviet presidents. Mixing her own reportage of recent events in Putin's Russia, with anthropology and history, the author asks why the Russian people seem to need the rule of an autocrat, and analyses the ch [...]
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How Vladimir Putin rules Russia follows the long tradition of Russian leaders, from tsars to Soviet presidents. Mixing her own reportage of recent events in Putin's Russia, with anthropology and history, the author asks why the Russian people seem to need the rule of an autocrat, and analyses the characteristics and style of Putin's reign.