Trying to process the current moment in Russia and what went wrong, as a liberal Russian who loves and hates her country
created by Beholderess
last updated March, 2026
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin
Masha Gessen
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
Mary Elise Sarotte
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
Peter Pomerantsev
Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Barbara Demick
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Svetlana Alexievich
The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past
Shaun Walker
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People
Julia Boyd
I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country
Elena Kostyuchenko
A Village in the Third Reich
Surviving Autocracy
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