{"product_id":"our-dear-friends-in-moscow-the-inside-story-of-a-broken-generation-hardcover","title":"Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIrina Borogan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrei Soldatov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo of Russia's most prominent investigative journalists tell the \"gripping\" (\u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e) story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russians in the 1990s was replaced by autocracy, fear, and betrayal\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Dear Friends in Moscow \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a group of young Russians, part of an idealistic generation who came of age in Moscow at the end of the twentieth century, just as the communist era imploded and a future full of potential, and uncertainty, stood in front of them. Initially, the group seized and enjoyed the freedoms of the new era, but quickly the notion that Russia was destined to join the West, and Europe, in a new partnership began to fade. At home the economy crashed, civil war stalked Chechnya, and terrorism came to Moscow. More discreetly, the new Russian government, getting angrier at the West and collecting a list of grievances, began to pull inward. By the time of Vladimir Putin's second and apparently endless term as president, the country had embraced a kind of ethnonationalism and was heading for war at home and abroad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The group is torn apart by the shift in Russia. Some flee; others become sinister agents of the ever more aggressive state. The center cannot hold.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrei Soldatov \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eIrina Borogan \u003c\/b\u003eare investigative journalists and partners, now in exile, with more than two decades' experience of reporting on Russia. They are cofounders of Agentura.ru, an online watchdog of Russia's security and intelligence services\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Together they are the authors of multiple books, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e. They live in London. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978288988461,"sku":"9781541704459","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/kQPeG7ntog9781541704459.webp?v=1775801473","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/our-dear-friends-in-moscow-the-inside-story-of-a-broken-generation-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}