I: In the beginning was the word -- 1. Fathers and sons -- 2. New beginning or dead end -- 3. "We suffered a victory" -- 4. Kommersant or the birth of Russian capitalism -- 5. Loss -- II: "Image is everything" -- 6. Normal television in abnormal circumstances -- 7. The oligarchs' war -- 8. Lights, camera, Putin -- 9. Remote control -- 10. Aerial combat.
Summary:
A breathtakingly ambitious book that reaches back to the darkest days of the cold war to tell the story of the fight for the soul of a nation. With the deep insight only possible of a native son, Arkady Ostrovsky introduces listeners to the propagandists, oligarchs, and fixers who have set Russia's course since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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