Book in Russian
A New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Named a best book of the year by The Economist Financial Times New Statesman The Telegraph
"[Putin's People] will surely now become the definitive account of the rise of Putin and Putinism." -Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic
"This riveting, immaculately researched book is arguably the best single volume written about Putin, the people around him and perhaps even about contemporary Russia itself in the past three decades." -Peter Frankopan, Financial Times
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine. In recent years, Vladimir Putin's Russia has waged a concerted campaign to expand its influence and undermine Western institutions. But how and why did all this come about, and who has orchestrated it?
In Putin's People, the investigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him rose to power and looted their country. Delving deep into the workings of Putin's Kremlin, Belton accesses key inside players to reveal how Putin replaced the freewheeling tycoons of the Yeltsin era with a new generation of loyal oligarchs, who in turn subverted Russia's economy and legal system and extended the Kremlin's reach into the United States and Europe. The result is a chilling and revelatory expose of the KGB's revanche-a story that begins in the murk of the Soviet collapse, when networks of operatives were able to siphon billions of dollars out of state enterprises and move their spoils into the West. Putin and his allies subsequently completed the agenda, reasserting Russian power while taking control of the economy for themselves, suppressing independent voices, and launching covert influence operations abroad.
Ranging from Moscow and London to Switzerland and Brooklyn's Brighton Beach-and assembling a colorful cast of characters to match-Putin's People is the definitive account of how hopes for the new Russia went astray, with stark consequences for its inhabitants and, increasingly, the world.
Публикация этой книги на русском языке случайно совпала с российским вторжением в Украину, однако ее материалы не оставляют сомнений в том, что нападение России не было случайным и подготовка к нему шла долгие годы.
Путин и его люди из КГБ использовали экономику страны не только для собственного обогащения, но и для финансирования военных кампаний и операций влияния в соседних государствах и в странах Запада, рассчитывая на то, что Запад не станет предпринимать решительных ответных действий.
Книга года 2020 по версии Times и Sunday Times
Книга года 2020 по версии Daily Telegraph
Книга года 2020 по версии Economist
Книга года 2020 по версии Financial Times
Книга года 2020 по версии New Statesman
"Однозначное и абсолютно своевременное предостережение. Ни в одной другой книге вы не найдете столь подробного и убедительного рассказа о правлении российского президента. Если вы хотите понять, как Россия смогла превратиться в ту страну, которую мы наблюдаем в последние 20 лет, эта книга для вас". Daily Telegraph
КЭТРИН БЕЛТОН - специальный корреспондент агентства Reuters, в прошлом - московский корреспондент издания Financial Times. Ранее освещала события для Moscow Times и Businessweek. В 2008 году вошла в шорт-лист бизнес- журналистов года British Press Awards. Проживает в Лондоне.
Publikatsija etoj knigi na russkom jazyke sluchajno sovpala s rossijskim vtorzheniem v Ukrainu, odnako ee materialy ne ostavljajut somnenij v tom, chto napadenie Rossii ne bylo sluchajnym i podgotovka k nemu shla dolgie gody.
Putin i ego ljudi iz KGB ispolzovali ekonomiku strany ne tolko dlja sobstvennogo obogaschenija, no i dlja finansirovanija voennykh kampanij i operatsij vlijanija v sosednikh gosudarstvakh i v stranakh Zapada, rasschityvaja na to, chto Zapad ne stanet predprinimat reshitelnykh otvetnykh dejstvij.
Kniga goda 2020 po versii Times i Sunday Times
Kniga goda 2020 po versii Daily Telegraph
Kniga goda 2020 po versii Economist
Kniga goda 2020 po versii Financial Times
Kniga goda 2020 po versii New Statesman
"Odnoznachnoe i absoljutno svoevremennoe predosterezhenie. Ni v odnoj drugoj knige vy ne najdete stol podrobnogo i ubeditelnogo rasskaza o pravlenii rossijskogo prezidenta. Esli vy khotite ponjat, kak Rossija smogla prevratitsja v tu stranu, kotoruju my nabljudaem v poslednie 20 let, eta kniga dlja vas". Daily Telegraph
KETRIN BELTON - spetsialnyj korrespondent agentstva Reuters, v proshlom - moskovskij korrespondent izdanija Financial Times. Ranee osveschala sobytija dlja Moscow Times i Businessweek. V 2008 godu voshla v short-list biznes- zhurnalistov goda British Press Awards. Prozhivaet v Londone.
