Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia (Unabridged) Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia (Unabridged)

Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 4.3 • 3 Ratings
    • $19.99

    • $19.99

Publisher Description

From a leading journalist in Moscow and correspondent for The New Yorker, a groundbreaking portrait of modern Russia and the inner struggles of the people who sustain Vladimir Putin’s rule
 
In this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa introduces readers to some of the country’s most remarkable figures—from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians—who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system. Torn between their own ambitions and the omnipresent demands of the state, each walks an individual path of compromise. Some muster cunning and cynicism to extract all manner of benefits and privileges from those in power. Others, finding themselves to be less adept, are left broken and demoralized. What binds them together is the tangled web of dilemmas and contradictions they face.
 
Between Two Fires chronicles the lives of a number of strivers who understand that their dreams are best—or only—realized through varying degrees of cooperation with the Russian government. With sensitivity and depth, Yaffa profiles the director of the country’s main television channel, an Orthodox priest at war with the church hierarchy, a Chechen humanitarian who turns a blind eye to persecutions, and many others. The result is an intimate and probing portrait of a nation that is much discussed yet little understood. By showing how citizens shape their lives around the demands of a capricious and oftentimes repressive state—as often by choice as under threat of force— Yaffa offers urgent lessons about the true nature of modern authoritarianism. 

GENRE
History
NARRATOR
FS
Fred Sanders
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
14:58
hr min
RELEASED
2020
January 14
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
473.2
MB

Listeners Also Bought

A Short History of Russia A Short History of Russia
2020
Putin's People Putin's People
2020
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race (Unabridged) This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race (Unabridged)
2021
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers (Unabridged) Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers (Unabridged)
2019
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Unabridged) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Unabridged)
2021
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Unabridged) Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Unabridged)
2019