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Books: 'Putin's Labyrinth'

nwsource.com
Jul 23, 2008
        
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Steve LeVine. Random House. 224 pages. $26. If Steve LeVine's aim in his new book, "Putin's Labyrinth," was to chill us to the marrow about post-communist Russia, he has succeeded. His thesis could scarcely be gloomier, and his opening sentence sets the tone. "This is a book about death in Russia," he writes. As he sees it, Vladimir Putin, the former Russian president and now prime minister, has inherited a land in the grip of a brutal history that shows few signs of abating. LeVine highlights links between Russia's dark past and harsh present. Though his material may not be new, LeVine's investigations and interviews are thorough and his... [read full story]                    

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Vladimir Putin's comments drive a company's stock down $6 billion

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When Vladimir Putin talks, investors in Russia listen. Speaking at an industry conference this week, Putin, Russia's former president and now prime minister, spoke five sentences critical of one of his country's big steel...

                   

"Putin's Labyrinth" is a sobering look at corruption and apathy in Russia

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Jul 25, 2008
        

Steve LeVine's new book, "Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder and the Dark Heart of the New Russia," exposes the chaos and corruption inside Vladimir Putin's regime, where the elimination of political dissidents and murders of...