In trying to describe this book and the work of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the first thing that came to my mind was the words of poet Dylan Thomas. Watching Russia’s barely-worthy-of-the-term democracy steadily crumble, Politkovskaya stubbornly refused to let it go gentle into that go...
Putin is there. Casualties and blood are shown on our television screens, but it is better not to listen to the commentary: there is very little sympathy and a lot of malicious satisfaction. It is as if we are pleased that the British are suffering the same as we do. They are particularly careful...
Planet Earth: The World Beyond RussiaAnna Politkovskaya did not only criticize the Putin regime and Russia’s “security forces;” she was not uncritical of the West. Nevertheless, she admired civilised and enlightened attitudes when she encountered them there, and hoped they might be transplanted.T...