In Moscow's Shadows
Russia, behind the headlines as well as in the shadows. This podcast is the audio counterpart to Mark Galeotti's blog of the same name, a place where "one of the most informed and provocative voices on modern Russia", can talk about Russia historical and (more often) contemporary, discuss new books and research, and sometimes talk to other Russia-watchers.
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In Moscow's Shadows
In Moscow's Shadows 14: The Kremlin, Will and Empire; and, A Fistful of Books #1
Russia has long considered the so-called 'Near Abroad' of post-Soviet states to be its sphere of influence. But does it really have the will to assert hegemony? I'd suggest that it does not, in a whistle-stop tour from Belarus to Central Asia.
In the second part, I look at some books that are new, or new to me, and think are worth highlighting:
- Tom Burgis, Kleptopia (William Collins, 2020)
- Gordon Corera, Spies Among Us (William Collins, 2020)
- Martyn Whittock, The Secret History of Soviet Russia's Police State (Robinson, 2020)
- James Pearce, The Use of History in Putin's Russia (Vernon Press, 2021*)
- Donald Ostrowski & Marshall Poe (eds), Portraits of Old Russia (ME Sharpe, 2011)
* No, not a typo. Don't ask me, but trust me, I have no time machine)
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