Anna Arutunyan is author of The Media in Russia (McGraw-Hill, 2009) and co-author (with Vladimir Shlapentokh) of Freedom, Repression and Private Property in Russia (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Her work has appeared in USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, The Nation, Foreign Policy in Focus, and The Moscow News, where she is an editor and senior correspondent. She has lectured on Russian power, politics and media at Tampere University in Finland and at Michigan State University. A bilingual Russian-American, she was born in the Soviet Union in 1980 but grew up and received her education in the United States. In 2002 she returned to Moscow to write about Russia. Anna Arutunyan lives in Moscow with her husband and daughter.
"A fascinating exegesis of power in Russia" as entertaining and
readable as it is informative, very deserving of a place on every
Russia-wonk's shelves."-, Mark Galeotti, New York University,
Center for Global Affairs--Caroline Humphrey, University of
Cambridge
"Intriguing and insightful" one of the sharpest observers of the
Kremlin leader and his court. She gets to grips with the almost
mystical bond between Russia's leader and its led.", The
Times--Mark Galeotti, New York University, Center for Global
Affairs
"Why do so many Russians go on giving uncritical support to Putin?
Arguing that Russians hold a quasi-religious respect for the state
and its leader, this illuminating book delves into the intertwining
of the sacred and the political in history and today.", Caroline
Humphrey, University of Cambridge
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