Putin

6 hrs. 58 min.

Language Russian

Author Leonid Mlechin

Narrator Vladimir Levasheov

Description

In a transitional era, society desperately searches for a point of support. Under Gorbachev, people rebelled against power; under Yeltsin, they expected protection from power. With the appearance of Vladimir Putin on the political stage, people pinned their hopes on stability and calm.

This new audiobook is not only a biography of Vladimir Putin, but also an attempt to understand how Russia has changed over the past years. The country’s history does not end with presidential elections. Russia faces serious challenges. And before the leader of the state, the question inevitably arises: what next?

Now, when our country stands on the threshold of a new political cycle, it’s time to look back and calmly assess everything that has already been done. But even more important is to think about the future.

Contents:

Part I. From the Big House to Smolny
Part I. From the Big House to Smolny. “We don’t take the initiative-men”
Part I. From the Big House to Smolny. Enemies and traitors
Part I. From the Big House to Smolny. “One must live for oneself”
Part I. From the Big House to Smolny. The stove burst
Part II. From Smolny to Old Square
Part II. From Smolny to Old Square. The chief controller
Part II. From Smolny to Old Square. The owner of Lubyanka
Part II. From Smolny to Old Square. A cassette for the prosecutor
Part III. From Old Square to the White House
Part III. From Old Square to the White House. The second Chechen war
Part III. From Old Square to the White House. Yeltsin leaves
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. Gusinsky, NTV, and the struggle for the blue screen
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. The death of “Kursk”
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. Sergey Ivanov. Screw in the lightbulbs!
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. Family. Wife and children
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. Nikolai Patrushev. Non-nobles in power and business
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. What to do with the oligarchs?
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. Warriors and merchants. On the leash of the Chekists
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. Foreign policy. Igor Ivanov
Part IV. From the White House to the Kremlin. A conversation with “Comrade Wolf”
Part V. From the Kremlin to the White House. Stay for a third term?
Part V. From the Kremlin to the White House. Dmitry Medvedev. An atypical biography
Part V. From the Kremlin to the White House. Ideas, slogans. Applause and apparatus
Part V. From the Kremlin to the White House. The armed underground
Part V. From the Kremlin to the White House. Gas as a tool of diplomacy
Part V. From the Kremlin to the White House. The August war
Part V. From the Kremlin to the White House. Our uplifting anti-Americanism
Part VI. The well-worn road or a new route
Part VI. The well-worn road or a new route. A tandem is impossible
Part VI. The well-worn road or a new route. A swap with major consequences
Part VI. The well-worn road or a new route. They won’t go anywhere. But they won’t do anything either
Part VI. The well-worn road or a new route. For others and for yourself
Part VI. The well-worn road or a new route. The loud voice of the people
Instead of an afterword. Unfulfilled dreams