{"product_id":"the-successor-boris-nemtsov-vladimir-putin-and-the-decline-of-modern-russia-9781782277255","title":"The Successor: Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin and the Decline of Modern Russia","description":"\u003cb\u003eHOW RUSSIA LOST ITS CHANCE OF FREEDOM: A landmark work of political history detailing the decline of modern Russia, taking us right up to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly told through the tumultuous life and brutal assassination of Boris Nemtsov (1959-2015). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Russia emerged from the debris of 70 years of Communist party rule, the country offered signs of hope it would become a democracy and a respected player on the international scene. Instead, it turned into a dictatorship, one which has no respect for human rights, murders and imprisons its political opponents, and launched a war on a scale not seen in Europe since the end of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow did this happen? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Successor\u003c\/i\u003e explores recent Russian history through the life of the Russian liberal leader Boris Nemtsov, who started his political career in the late 80s--at the height of Gorbachev's Perestroika--and was assassinated in early 2015 beside his Ukrainian partner Anna Durytska, on a bridge near the Kremlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNemtsov took part in or witnessed all the landmark events that shaped Russia and its political trajectory, from the first free national elections and the coup attempt of 1991 to the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Nemtsov's fate reflects Russia's fate. At the time of his assassination, Nemtsov was helping to organize a rally against the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the Russian financial crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on vast numbers of archival materials and off-the-record interviews with figures such as Alexey Navalny, exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Fishman constructs a comprehensive, landmark work of political journalism. As engrossing as it is disturbing, \u003ci\u003eThe Successor\u003c\/i\u003e is both a biography of Nemtsov and of Russia itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mikhail Fishman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.47h x 6.29w x 2.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782277255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikhail Fishman\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Russia's leading political journalists. Active since the late 1990s, he has chronicled Russia's dramatic political life. He served as editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eRussian Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Moscow Times\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as hosting the Friday night news round-up at TV Rain, Russia's leading independent news network. In 2017, Fishman and Vera Krichevskaya released \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Was Too Free\u003c\/i\u003e, a documentary feature on Boris Nemtsov. It was the highest-grossing documentary in Russia in at least a decade and laid the groundwork for this book, which was an instant bestseller on Russian publication in 2022. Fishman faced increasing intimidation and suppression from the state; when Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he left for Amsterdam, where he now lives and works in exile with his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichele A Berdy \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, translator and journalist who lived in Russia for over 40 years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mikhail Fishman \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231770554525,"sku":"9781782277255","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_fddf2118-1cf6-4ab3-a6c7-0c8dea5dce32.jpg?v=1778578071","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-successor-boris-nemtsov-vladimir-putin-and-the-decline-of-modern-russia-9781782277255","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}