Excellent information read like a professor reading their dissertation

The content of this book is very well researched and provides an excellent look at how Putin appointed the right subordinates, had laws and policies approved to his benefit, and changed governmental structures in the 2000s and early 2010s in order to solidify the Tsardom he now enjoys.

Unfortunately the delivery of this audiobook is that of a professor reading their dissertation to an interested but distracted class. The content is full of facts and statistics that are difficult to follow in an audiobook format. The content would be better presented in a more narrative form that explains what happened instead of listing the details of what happened when. Further, someone who actually speaks Russian should be reading this book—the reader’s mispronunciation of common Russian words left me exasperated and I ultimately gave up after listening to only half of the audiobook.

The information in this book is important and gives a detailed account of how Russia has transformed in the past 20 years. It would be best to buy the print book and explore the richness of the research on its pages. That’s what I’ll be doing instead of trudging forward through the rest of the audiobook version.

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