Putin's People

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1. metabagelJan 2022
   This book seems to be very good, although I've only just started it.

   Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West by Catherine Belton

   https://www.amazon.com/Putins-People-Took-Back-Russia/dp/037...

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2. fslothJul 2021
   According to the excellent book "Putin's people" by Catherine Belton the people who are running the show now were more aligned with the KGB rather than the party.
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3. atlasunshruggedAug 2020
   For those interested in trying to understand more of the context of modern day Russia, and more particularly, Putin's rise to power, I highly recommend 3 books.

   1) Catherine Belton: Putin's People https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VMZYK13/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...

   2) Bill Browder: Red Notice https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O30HFT2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...

   3) Masha Gessen: Several books, but I particularly liked Man without a Face https://www.amazon.com/Masha-Gessen/e/B001H6MBXK

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4. mekkkkkkMar 2022
   I read an incredibly thorough book about Putin a year or so ago, and what stuck with me is how political his career in the KGB was. In those final years of the USSR, everything was in shambles, and any position of power became so through-and-through political. That makes his rise so interesting and frightening. He has been forged in a dark web of covert slush funds, power projection and kompramat. He was obviously very good at that game, and it continues today.

   EDIT: The book was "Putin's People" by Catherine Belton

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