1. The Descent
The Descent Witnessing Russia's Spiral into Madness Under Putin
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Family Sharing
Ja
Gesprochen von
Marc BennettsSpieldauer
7 Stunden und 57 Minuten
Abo-Fähigkeit
Nein
Erscheinungsdatum
26.03.2026
Hörtyp
Lesung
Fassung
ungekürzt
Medium
MP3
Anzahl Dateien
23
Verlag
Bloomsbury ContinuumSprache
Englisch
EAN
9781399421683
An extraordinary first-hand account of Russia's descent into totalitarianism, paranoia and madness.
Marc Bennetts, foreign correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times, moved to Russia in the chaotic final years of President Yeltsin's rule. Twenty-five years later, The Times pulled him out of Russia over concerns for his security following his arrest in Moscow at a protest against the war in Ukraine.
From the "wild" 1990s in Moscow to narrowly escaping death under fire in Ukraine, The Descent is a unique and personal diary of how Russia spiraled into violent insanity. Bennetts witnessed the often-terrifying events in Russia up close, observing how the Kremlin's ubiquitous propaganda warped minds and fomented hatred of Putin's foes, at home and abroad, even among people close to him. After leaving Russia, he travelled in war-torn Ukraine, where he came face-to-face with the appalling consequences of this madness.
Bennetts meets a vast array of characters, from pro-war Russian politicians, influential Russian Orthodox Church officials and aggressive Kremlin activists to opposition figures and a Siberian shaman who tried to "exorcise" Putin, as well as Russians who took up arms to fight Moscow's invading forces. In this extraordinary panorama, Marc Bennetts shows in frightening detail how a society can lose its mind, and how easily a power-hungry leader can reshape an entire country in his own malevolent image.
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