Putin: Russia's Choice

by Richard Sakwa

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Genres: Russia, History, Biography, Nonfiction, Politics, Political Science

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Richard Sakwa (born 1953) is Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. He writes books about Russian and Eastern European communist and post-communist politics.

Sakwa is currently Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. From 2001 to 2007 he was also the head of the University's Politics and International Relations department. He has published on Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs, and has written and edited several books and articles on the subject.

Sakwa was also a participant of Valdai Discussion Club, an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, a member of the Advisory Boards of the Institute of Law and Public Policy in Moscow and a member of Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences.

Reviews

[Alyosha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rare unbiased look at the life of Putin, and though I consider him as no less involved in the evil bent of the world when juxtaposed with any other political leader, at least he's not a bumbling and effeminate bovine bloviating for social justice. Decent read for what it is.

[Becca Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A heavy academic slog.