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His father, vladimir spiridonovich putin, was a factory foreman who served in soviet armed forces. One of those books that makes complex affairs understandable, the man without a face is a wellwritten primer for anyone who wants to learn about how putin has inserted russia into a time machine aimed at its soviet past. Download pdf the war against putin free online new books. From gorbachevs freedom to putins war putin country. It is a ragefilled indictment of the russian prime minister, astonishingly brazen in its personal animus and willingness to name putin as the author of terrible crimes. Her awardwinning work has appeared in the new york times, slate, vanity fair, and elsewhere.
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