Opposing Forces: Plotting the New Russia - Couverture rigide

Navalny, Alexei; Michnik, Adam

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0993386938 ISBN 13 : 9780993386930

Editeur : Egret Press Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition firebrand, and Adam Michnik, Polish thinker and seasoned activist, take a walk in Red Square, Moscow, to talk about Poland's struggle for independence from the USSR, the collapse of the Soviet empire, and nothing less than the future of Russia. From dissidents to solidarity, Michnik talks animatedly about battling the 'salami' tactics of the old Polish communist regime. Step by step, beneath the Kremlin walls, Navalny is looking for parallels. How did a small group of opposition-minded Poles come to form a ten-million-strong political movement? 'Our strength lay in our solidarity,' says Michnik. Navalny knows what he's up against: 'Putin's main weapon is his ability to bribe the population.' But he also knows his fellow countrymen, for there is 'no one in the country who approves of palace-buying officials.' They pass by Lenin's tomb many times, searching for a way forward. When it's much easier to talk revolution than to actually make it happen, how do you breach the walls of the Kremlin? Here is a clarion call. The blueprint for a new Russia.

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Alexei Navalny is a Russian lawyer and opposition leader, described by the Wall Street Journal as 'the man Vladimir Putin fears most.' A vocal critic of the corruption that lies at the heart of the current regime, he memorably described Russia's ruling party United Russia as 'a party of crooks and thieves.' He has organised mass demonstrations promoting democracy, has been arrested on several occasions, accused of embezzlement and fraud (charges he has always denied) and still ran in the Moscow mayoral election of 2013, taking 27% of the vote, but losing to incumbent mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Adam Michnik is a Polish intellectual, essayist, and the editor-in-chief of Poland's largest newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. From the late 1960s he was an influential leader of the anti-communist movement, and played a crucial role in bringing down the Polish regime, taking part in the Round Table Talks of 1989, which led to the calling of democratic elections, won by Solidarity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Egret Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0993386938
• ISBN 13: 9780993386930
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Noble Jeremy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible