Overview

30 pre-eminent voices capture Russia's soul-top Kremlin dissidents, key NATO commanders, investigative journalists, leading historians, human rights specialists, a Nobel laureate and the only Duma deputy to vote against the invasion of Ukraine. For decades, the West has struggled to reconcile Russia's 'greatness' with its barbaric behaviour. This is a unique, multi-faceted dissection that strips away the Kremlin's propaganda and reveals Russia's people as well as its psychopathic vertical autocracy-from the chilling legacy of the USSR to the modern petro-tyranny of Putin's regime. Authoritative and sobering, this is a concise ledger to understanding Russia and the inventive ways in which Ukraine has neutralised Russia's cultural sabotage.

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Author:   Bill Browder ,  Julia Davis ,  Mark Galeotti ,  Luke Harding
Publisher:   Gibson Square Books Ltd
Imprint:   Gibson Square Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781783342679

ISBN 10:   1783342676
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   16 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgements The Dark Heart of Russia—Jonathan Fink, Editor Section 1: Russia 1. Dissent—Ilya Ponomarev 2. I Thought I Knew—Bill Browder 3. A Cult of Humiliation—Peter Pomerantsev 4. Calibre—Garry Kasparov 5. What Does the Ukraine Invasion Say about Russia?—Owen Matthews 6. Soft Power and Russia—Simon Smith 7. A Solution?—David Satter Section 2: Military Might 8. A Refusal to Yield—General David H. Petraeus 9. Permanent Threat—General Sir Richard Shirreff 10. A Question of Morale—General Mark Hertling 11. The Russian Federation Will Disappear—General Ben Hodges 12. The New Iron Curtain—Anders Puck Nielsen 13. The Real Story of NATO Enlargement—John Lough Section 3: Putin 14. Tunnel Vision—Fiona Hill 15. Opportunism—Mark Galeotti 16. The Godfather—Luke Harding 17. Petro-tyranny—Alexander Etkind 18. A Hundred-Year-Old Zombie—Yuri Felshtinsky 19. Moscow Rules—Keir Giles Section 4: Action 20. Useful Idiots—John Sweeney 21. Sanctions—Timothy Ash 22. Grey-Zone Aggression—Elisabeth Braw 23. Splintering Russia—James Nixey 24. War Crimes—Kateryna Busol Section 5: Ukrainian Views 25. Absence of a Russian Nation—Volodymyr Yermolenko 26. The Interest of Democracy—Olena Halushka 27. Pleasure in Destruction—Anna Danylchuk 28. Hundred Per Cent Evil—Sasha Dovzhyk 29. Envy—Olga Tokariuk 30. The Nobel Peace Prize—Oleksandra Romantsova Notes Index

Reviews

‘The Silicon Curtain podcast is a pioneering and perceptive addition to the debate about Europe’s security future (and the present crisis). This book fills a gap in the discussion—and on your bookshelf.’ EDWARD LUCAS From THE DARK HEART OF RUSSIA: ‘Neither Kafka nor Huxley could have imagined a world with this level of craziness.’ GARRY KASPAROV ‘A premonitory peek at the state of Russia, the brittleness of its economy, its regime, its power structure.’ GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS ‘It is quite misunderstood how traumatized, deeply confused, and even lost Russians are.’ PETER POMERANTSEV

Author Information

Jonathan Fink (editor) is a journalist and host of Silicon Curtain, the leading international podcast on Russian digital disinformation and the geopolitical consequences of Russia's aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere. A graduate of Edinburgh University, he founded the channel in 2022, conducting over a thousand interviews since-while frequently visiting Ukraine. He lives in London with his family.

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