THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE
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«THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE»

Masha Gessen

Category : Biography and history, Policy and economics

What is this summary about

In her book Hesse describes how Putin  - a figure of a little importance who came from the KGB and managed to return to the Committee and even to become its head - was chosen by Boris Yeltsin as his successor and then quickly destroyed almost all the rudiments of democracy in Russia, simultaneously strengthening its authoritarian to a level of brutality .


About author:

Maria (Masha) A. Hesse  is a Russian-American journalist, former director of the Russian service of the "Liberty Radio ".

Summary language: English

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