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FrontlineKasparov, G. K. (Garri Kimovich)
Summary: The ascension of Vladimir Putin -- a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB -- to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Yet in the intervening years -- as America and the world's other leading powers have continued to appease him -- Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat. With his vast resources and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 KASShort, Philip
Summary: "The first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years. Vladimir Putin is wreaking havoc in Europe, threatening global peace and stability and exposing his fellow citizens to devastating economic countermeasures. Yet puzzlingly many Russians continue to support him. This book is essential reading for anyone who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PUTIN, VLADIMIR VLASIMIROVICH SHOSummary: Frontline investigates the accusations of criminality and corruption that have surrounded Vladimir Putin's reign in Russia. Tracing his career back over two decades, Putin's Way reveals how the accumulation of wealth and power has led to autocratic rule and the specter of a new Cold War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PUTGessen, Masha.
Summary: This is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Handpicked by the "family" surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PUTIN, VLADIMIR GESSummary: The documentary serves as a fascinating look at Putin in the earliest days of his presidency, when the seeds of his authoritarianism were already being sown. It also raises difficult questions about the role of Mansky himself. As a filmmaker who witnessed and, in some cases, shaped these events, is he in some way complicit?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PUTPutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
Contents: Preface -- Principle [sic] figures in First Person -- The Son -- The Schoolboy -- The University Student -- The Young Specialist -- The Spy -- The Democrat -- The Bureaucrat -- The Family Man -- The Politician.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2000