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05023aam a2200685 i 4500 001 D67F1B8896FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230118010046 008 150326t20152014nyu b 000 0deng d 020 $a 9781610396004 020 $a 1610396006 035 $a (OCoLC)905686237 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d LTSCA $d IBI $d TYV $d WRF $d HF9 $d OCLCA $d T7A $d OCLCF $d JDP $d OCL $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCA $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d EBC $d OCLCO $d F3N $d DAC $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a e-ru--- 050 4 $a HN530.2.A8 $b P665 2015 082 04 $a 306.0947 $2 23/eng/20221018 082 04 $a 306.0947 Pom 084 $a SOC022000 $a SOC022000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Pomerantsev, Peter, $e author. 245 10 $a Nothing is true and everything is possible : $b the surreal heart of the new Russia / $c Peter Pomerantsev. 250 $a [First paperback edition]. 264 1 $a New York : $b Public Affairs, $c 2015. 300 $a ix, 243 pages ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page 243). 505 0 $a Act I: Reality Show Russia -- Act II: Cracks in the Kremlin Matrix -- Act III: Forms of Delirium. 520 $a "Nothing Is True and Everything is Possible is a journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of oligarchs convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, Bohemian theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators, and playboy revolutionaries. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be switched and all values are changeable. It is a completely new type of society where nothing is true and everything is possible -- yet it is also home to a new form of authoritarianism, built not on oppression but avarice and temptation. Peter Pomerantsev, ethnically Russian but raised in England, came to Moscow to work in the fast-growing television and film industry. The job took him into every nook and corrupt cranny of the country: from meetings in smoky rooms with propaganda gurus to distant mafia-towns in Siberia. As he becomes more successful in his career, he gets invited to the best parties, becomes a friend to oligarchs and strippers alike, and grows increasingly uneasy as he is drawn into the mechanics of Putin's post-modern dictatorship. Meet Vitaliy, a Mafia boss proudly starring in a film about his own crimes; Zinaida, a Chechen prostitute who parties in Moscow while her sister is drawn towards becoming a Jihadi; and many more. These 21st century Russians grew up among Soviet propaganda they never believed in, became disillusioned with democracy after the fall of communism, and are now filled with a sense of cynicism and enlightenment. Pomerantsev captures the bling effervescence of oil-boom Russia, as well as the steadily deleterious effects of all this flash and cynicism on the country's social fabric. A long-nascent conflict is flaring up in Russia as a new generation of dissidents takes to the streets, determined to defy the Kremlin and fight for a society where beliefs and values actually count for something."-- $c Publisher's description. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Social conditions $y 1991- 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x History $y 1991- $v Biography. 650 0 $a Interviews $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Social change $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Social problems $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Power (Social sciences) $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Corruption $z Russia (Federation) 650 0 $a Authoritarianism $x Social aspects $z Russia (Federation) 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Economic conditions $y 1991- 651 6 $a Russie $x Conditions sociales $y 1991- 651 6 $a Russie $x Histoire $y 1991- $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Entretiens $z Russie. 650 6 $a Problemes sociaux $z Russie. 650 6 $a Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) $z Russie. 650 6 $a Corruption $z Russie. 650 6 $a Autoritarisme $x Aspect social $z Russie. 651 6 $a Russie $x Conditions economiques $y 1991- 650 7 $a Corruption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352550 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Interviews. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00977644 650 7 $a Power (Social sciences) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01074219 650 7 $a Social change. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122310 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 650 7 $a Social problems. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122778 651 7 $a Russia (Federation) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01262050 648 7 $a Since 1991 $2 fast 655 7 $a collective biographies. $2 aat 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015033.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D67F1B8896FD11ED8856CD373CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search