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• Winner of Winner of the 2021 Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies from the Association of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

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In focusing mainly on Russian government of the last decade, Sharafutdinova has deepened our understanding of Russia, its citizens, and the autocratic President Putin. She scrupulously and often brilliantly examines many different groups and topics, and thus reveals Putin's skill at undermining the West and restoring the nation's self-respect. But this has also led to economic stagnation and a need for some oppression, factors that, she believes, ultimately threaten his rule. -- Peter Reddaway , Professor Emeritus of Political Science, George Washington University Gulnaz Sharafutdinova's new book focuses on a first order question for any reader who wants to understand Russia or, more generally, modern autocracies: why Putin's popularity was so high in 2014-2018 despite dismal economic performance? The Red Mirror traces the origins of Putin's narrative, explains its appeal to Russian public, and explores the nuts and bolts of the media machine Putin uses to deliver the narrative in the most effective way. -- Sergei Guriev , Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris

Gulnaz Sharafutdinova's new book focuses on a first order question for any reader who wants to understand Russia or, more generally, modern autocracies: why Putin's popularity was so high in 2014-2018 despite dismal economic performance? The Red Mirror traces the origins of Putin's narrative, explains its appeal to Russian public, and explores the nuts and bolts of the media machine Putin uses to deliver the narrative in the most effective way. * Sergei Guriev, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris * In focusing mainly on Russian government of the last decade, Sharafutdinova has deepened our understanding of Russia, its citizens, and the autocratic President Putin. She scrupulously and often brilliantly examines many different groups and topics, and thus reveals Putin's skill at undermining the West and restoring the nation's self-respect. But this has also led to economic stagnation and a need for some oppression, factors that, she believes, ultimately threaten his rule. * Peter Reddaway, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, George Washington University *

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Gulnaz Sharafutdinova is Reader in Russian Politics at King's College London. She is the author of Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism Inside Russia (Notre Dame University Press) and co-editor of Soviet Society in the Era of Late Socialism, 1964-1985 (Lexington Press).

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