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The Unspun World: A Brief History of Russia
If Yevgeny Prigosian hadn't backed down last Saturday, the Wagner group might well have reached Moscow. Russia's problems today are much the same as they were back in 1917 when Tsar Nicholas's rule collapsed. I was amazed by how few people were prepared to turn out and support Boris Yeltsin during his 1991 coup against Mikhail Gorbachev.