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Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia by Marshall I. Goldman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia about?
In the aftermath of the financial collapse of August 1998, it looked as if Russia’s day as a superpower had come and gone. That it should recover and reassert itself after less than a decade is nothing short of an economic and political miracle. Based on extensive research, including several interviews with Vladimir Putin, this revealing book chronicles Russia’s dramatic reemergence on the world stage, illuminating the key reason for its rebirth: the use of its ever-expanding energy wealth to reassert its traditional great power ambitions. In his deft, informative narrative, Marshall Goldman traces how this has come to be, and how Russia is using its oil-based power as a lever in world politics. The book provides an informative overview of oil in Russia, traces Vladimir Putin’s determined effort to reign in the upstart oil oligarchs who had risen to power in the post-Soviet era, and describes Putin’s efforts to renationalize and refashion Russia’s industries into state companies and his vaunted “national champions” corporations like Gazprom, largely owned by the state, who do the bidding of the state. Goldman shows how Russia paid off its international debt and has gone on to accum
Who reads Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Marshall I. Goldman
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (121 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14