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"An internal account of the political activities taking place inside the Kremlin from the fall of the USSR under the administration of Gorbachev to the future of Russia under Putin"--Provided by publisher. "Elite-level Soviet politics, privileged access to state secrets, knowledge about machinations inside the Kremlin--such is the environment in which Andrei A. Kovalev lived and worked. In this memoir of his time as a successful diplomat serving in various key capacities and as a member of Mikhail Gorbachev's staff, Kovalev reveals hard truths about his country as only a perceptive witness can do. In Russia's Dead End Kovalev shares his intimate knowledge of political activities behind the scenes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Kremlin before and after the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991, including the Russia of Vladimir Putin. Kovalev analyzes Soviet efforts to comply with international human-rights obligations, the machinations of the KGB, and the link between corrupt oligarchs and state officials. He documents the fall of the USSR, the post-Soviet explosion of state terrorism and propaganda, and offers a nuanced historical explanation of the roots of Russia's contemporary crisis under Vladimir Putin. This insider's memoir provides a penetrating analysis of late-Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics that is pungent, pointed, witty, and accessible. It assesses the current dangerous status of Russian politics and society while illuminating the path to a more just and democratic future"--Provided by publisher.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. --- HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. --- Glasnost. --- Perestroika. --- Diplomats --- Presidents --- Political culture --- Post-communism --- Glasnost --- Perestroïka --- Postcommunisme --- Staff --- History. --- Histoire --- Kovalev, A. A. --- Soviet Union --- Russia (Federation) --- URSS --- Russie --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- GLASNOST --- PERESTROIKA --- DIPLOMATS--USSR--BIOGRAPHY --- POST-COMMUNISM--RUSSIA (FEDERATION)--HISTORY --- USSR--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- RUSSIA (FEDERATION)--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- Perestroĭka.

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Vladimir Poutine reste une enigme. Que veut-il ? Affirmer son pouvoir personnel et celui de son clan dans la lignee des autocrates qui se sont succede au Kremlin depuis des siecles ? Restaurer la grandeur de son pays, en faisant la synthese de l'histoire russe, des tsars aux sovietiques ? Comment le petit lieutenant-colonel du KGB qu'il fut a la fin de la guerre froide a-t-il pu s'imposer au sommet de l'une des premieres puissances du monde ? Qui est cet homme qui semble porter un masque ? Un politicien cynique et brutal, assoiffe de pouvoir et d'argent, ou un patriote sincere ? Au fil d'une enquete rigoureuse, nourrie de temoignages inedits recueillis en Russie, l'auteur repond a ces questions. Sans rien occulter, il brosse un portrait saisissant du maitre du Kremlin : son enfance dans un milieu modeste de Leningrad, ses reves de jeune sovietique, les etapes decisives de sa formidable ascension, ses reseaux de pouvoir. Il demontre a quel point cet homme determine incarne les aspirations et les craintes de la Russie depuis la chute du communisme.

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