Revanche. Wie Putin das bedrohlichste Regime der Welt geschaffen hat
2023
Verlag C.H.Beck
About the book
English title: Revanche
Subtitle: How Putin created the most dangerous regime in the world
ISBN: 978-3-406-79935-8
288 pages with 15 illustrations
Publication date: 26.01.2023; 6th edition 2023.
Position 4 on the SPIEGEL bestseller list
The Putin archipelago – the most dangerous regime in the world, viewed from within
Few people know Russia better than Michael Thumann, who has been reporting for Die Zeit from Eastern Europe for twenty-five years. Now, in this breathtaking book, he traces Russia’s descent into increasingly totalitarian dictatorship and the path to Putin’s imperialist war, viewed from within. What drives the dictator and his followers is a desire for revenge: revenge for the way Eastern Europe was opened up to democracy after 1991,
and for the supposed humiliation it suffered at the hands of the West. Putin’s rule is becoming ever more radical. His is the most dangerous regime in the world.
‘Under Vladimir Putin, Russia – which is actually the largest country in Europe – has left Europe.
Once again an Iron Curtain has descended on the continent. When I travel to Russia I am usually stopped at the airport. The border official keeps hold of my passport and talks at length to his superior on the phone. A man in a dark suit, probably secret service, comes to fetch me and takes me to a basement room. In it is a desk, an old box-spring mattress, broken chairs, dust in the corners. I have to answer questions: Where do you live? What do you think about the military operation? What is the purpose of your visit to Russia? I give brief answers, and wonder: are they ever going to let me into the country? And are they going to let me out?’- Michael Thumann
About the author
Michael Thumann is a foreign policy correspondent for Die Zeit and lives in Moscow. He has been reporting for Die Zeit from Russia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East since the 1990s. His articles, podcasts and books about Russia as a multiethnic state and Putin’s new nationalism have given us a better understanding of the country. He has been familiar with Russia since his student days, when he spent time at Lomonosov University in Moscow.
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