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Putin's Labyrinth : Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia by Steve LeVine; OverDrive, Inc is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers Weekly In this uninspired look at recent Russian politics under Vladimir Putin, author and journalist LeVine (The Oil and the Glory) examines the murders of several key opposition figures, including courageous Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya and long-time dissenter (and London exile) Alexander Litvinenko. LeVine provides ample background on Putin's rise to power, but fails to shed light on the famously authoritarian ruler's mindset; it's the kind of failure that's repeated throughout. More successful is his take on the Nord-Ost catastrophe, in which Chechen rebels held hostage an audience of more than a hundred attending a popular musical; the Kremlin's response was to release a cloud of fentanyl, meant to cause everyone inside to "fall safely asleep." Three survived, and LeVine's interviews make his reconstruction of the events truly chilling. Unfortunately, LeVine tends to insert himself into his accounts often and inappropriately (he begins his profile of Politkovskaya, "I never met the journalist Anna Politkovskaya"), and his prose is marred by cliché, bad humor and stabs of sentimentality. Though an impressive reporter, LeVine is a frustrating writer, too

Who reads Putin's Labyrinth : Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia?

Author

Steve LeVine; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400066858

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Science, Fiction

Rating

3.5 / 5 (247 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13