- Australia & Oceania (28)

Best Sellers
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The Spy and the Traitor
- By: Ben MacIntyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword....
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Brilliant Documentary of the Cold War
- By Paul on 03-10-18
By: Ben MacIntyre
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Red Notice
- By: Bill Browder
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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November 2009. Sergei Magnitsky is led to an isolation cell in a Moscow prison and beaten to death by eight police officers....
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Amazement, disbelief and tears
- By musiclover on 19-08-16
By: Bill Browder
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Killer in the Kremlin
- By: John Sweeney
- Narrated by: John Sweeney
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes listeners from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine....
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If you’re here to decide, just buy it.
- By Roo Pigott on 23-12-22
By: John Sweeney
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Putin’s People
- How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West
- By: Catherine Belton
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In Putin's People, former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton tells the untold story of the rise of Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him....
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Chilling expose of Putin’s People and there control and abuse of Russia
- By Mr M J Wheatland on 16-06-20
By: Catherine Belton
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Overreach
- The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine
- By: Owen Matthews
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Owen Matthews dives deep into the war in Ukraine—from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol....
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An excellent book about a hot topic
- By Markus Goransson on 02-01-23
By: Owen Matthews
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- By: Andy Greenberg
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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From Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg comes the true story of the most devastating cyberattack in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it....
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Everyone should listen to this. It's exceptional.
- By IanRobinson on 07-12-19
By: Andy Greenberg
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The Spy and the Traitor
- By: Ben MacIntyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword....
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Brilliant Documentary of the Cold War
- By Paul on 03-10-18
By: Ben MacIntyre
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Red Notice
- By: Bill Browder
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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November 2009. Sergei Magnitsky is led to an isolation cell in a Moscow prison and beaten to death by eight police officers....
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Amazement, disbelief and tears
- By musiclover on 19-08-16
By: Bill Browder
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Killer in the Kremlin
- By: John Sweeney
- Narrated by: John Sweeney
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes listeners from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine....
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If you’re here to decide, just buy it.
- By Roo Pigott on 23-12-22
By: John Sweeney
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Putin’s People
- How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West
- By: Catherine Belton
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In Putin's People, former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton tells the untold story of the rise of Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him....
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Chilling expose of Putin’s People and there control and abuse of Russia
- By Mr M J Wheatland on 16-06-20
By: Catherine Belton
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Overreach
- The Inside Story of Putin’s War Against Ukraine
- By: Owen Matthews
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Owen Matthews dives deep into the war in Ukraine—from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol....
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An excellent book about a hot topic
- By Markus Goransson on 02-01-23
By: Owen Matthews
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- By: Andy Greenberg
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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From Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg comes the true story of the most devastating cyberattack in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it....
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Everyone should listen to this. It's exceptional.
- By IanRobinson on 07-12-19
By: Andy Greenberg
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Putin
- By: Philip Short
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 29 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Philip Short's magisterial biography explores in unprecedented depth the personality of its enigmatic and ruthless leader and demolishes many of our preconceptions about Putin's Russia....
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Well research, little apologetic of Putin
- By Thedrisk on 29-08-22
By: Philip Short
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Invasion
- Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival
- By: Luke Harding
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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For months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine. And yet, the world was stunned by the epochal scale of the assault that began in February 2022....
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Vivid journalistic eyewitness description
- By William on 03-12-22
By: Luke Harding
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The Story of Russia
- By: Orlando Figes
- Narrated by: David Sibley
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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From the great storyteller of Russia, a spellbinding account of the stories that have shaped the country’s past—and how they can inform its present....
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So disappointing
- By Routini on 18-09-22
By: Orlando Figes
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Putin's Playbook
- Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America
- By: Rebekah Koffler
- Narrated by: Joyce Sternton
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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Politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle have accused Russia of interfering with our elections and our intelligence agencies. But the war Russia is waging against America is very different from anything you have heard in the press....
By: Rebekah Koffler
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On Tyranny and On Ukraine
- Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine
- By: Timothy Snyder
- Narrated by: Timothy Snyder
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The number one New York Times best seller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times....
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On the wrongs of Russia. The rights of Ukraine.
- By RC on 26-07-22
By: Timothy Snyder
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All the Kremlin's Men
- Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin
- By: Mikhail Zygar
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia....
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Brilliant analysis, awful narration
- By Derrick on 22-04-18
By: Mikhail Zygar
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History of the Russian Revolution
- By: Leon Trotsky
- Narrated by: Jonathan Booth
- Length: 53 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most cataclysmic events in world history, profoundly shaping politics, international relations, social patterns, economics and science in the century that followed....
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Brilliant book, well read
- By Ms J M Sutton on 12-12-22
By: Leon Trotsky
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How the West Brought War to Ukraine
- Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe
- By: Benjamin Abelow
- Narrated by: Larry Wayne
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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According to the mainstream Western narrative, Vladimir Putin is an insatiable, Hitler-like expansionist who invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked land grab. That story is incorrect. In reality, the United States and NATO bear much of the responsibility for the Ukraine crisis....
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A must-know chain of events that led to this war.
- By gompie on 16-12-22
By: Benjamin Abelow
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Russia's War on Everybody
- And What It Means for You
- By: Keir Giles
- Narrated by: Keir Giles
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a war against the West for decades. Keir Giles explains how and why Russia pushes for more power and influence wherever it can reach....
By: Keir Giles
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The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
- By: Sheila Fitzpatrick
- Narrated by: Robin Siegerman
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defied all predictions. Scarcely a lifespan later, in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed as accidentally as it arose....
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The Rodchenkov Affair
- How I Brought Down Russia's Secret Doping Regime
- By: Grigory Rodchenkov
- Narrated by: Andrew Byron
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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In 2015, Russia’s Anti-Doping Centre was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following revelations of an elaborate state-sponsored doping programme at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics....
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Lying Liars and the Liars That Tell Them!
- By Gordon on 06-03-22
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From Russia with Blood
- Putin’s Ruthless Killing Campaign and Secret War on the West
- By: Heidi Blake
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Russia’s resurgent encroachment into the West is the defining geopolitical story of our time - and a topic of insatiable public fascination....
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Great story but bizarre narration
- By Ben H on 04-12-19
By: Heidi Blake
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A Message from Ukraine
- By: Volodymyr Zelensky
- Narrated by: Greg Kolpakchi
- Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The words of a man. The message of a people....
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Very moving
- By Anonymous User on 09-01-23
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The Putin Interviews
- Oliver Stone Interviews Vladimir Putin
- By: Oliver Stone
- Narrated by: Pete Cross, Qarie Marshall
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Putin Interviews is based on what journalists and other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin....
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The Putin Interviews
- By Kitty77 on 14-03-19
By: Oliver Stone
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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
- Adventures in Modern Russia
- By: Peter Pomerantsev
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia....
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The aim, to own all forms of political discourse.
- By Wras on 03-04-17
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Mr. Putin
- Operative in the Kremlin
- By: Fiona Hill, Clifford G. Gaddy
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The great lesson of the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the danger of misreading the statements, actions, and intentions of the adversary. Today, Vladimir Putin has become the greatest challenge to European security and the global world order....
By: Fiona Hill, and others
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Creating Russophobia: From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria
- By: Guy Mettan
- Narrated by: Shane Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Why do the USA, UK and Europe so hate Russia? How it is that Western antipathy, once thought due to anti-Communism, could be so easily revived over a crisis in distant Ukraine, against a Russia no longer communist? Listen to find out more....
By: Guy Mettan
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Killer in the Kremlin
- Expanded Edition
- By: John Sweeney
- Narrated by: John Sweeney
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe....
By: John Sweeney
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Blowout
- Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
- By: Rachel Maddow
- Narrated by: Rachel Maddow
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning American news presenter Rachel Maddow investigates remarkable stories from around the globe, all leading back to the same crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry....
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Wow..Rachel Maddow doesn't fail to deliver
- By Greta Evans on 18-02-20
By: Rachel Maddow
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War with Russia?
- From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate
- By: Stephen F. Cohen
- Narrated by: Holden Still
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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America is in a new Cold War with Russia even more dangerous than the one the world barely survived in the 20th century. All of this is exacerbated by Washington’s war-like demonizing of the Kremlin leadership....
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Wouldnt recommend this
- By lgu02190 on 28-02-22
By: Stephen F. Cohen
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Putin's Wars
- The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism
- By: Marcel H. Van Herpen
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook offers the first systematic analysis of Putin's two wars, placing the Second Chechen War and the War with Georgia of 2008 in their broader historical contexts....
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Incredible prediction.
- By GeorgeW on 05-02-15
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The Oligarchs
- Wealth and Power in the New Russia
- By: David Hoffman
- Narrated by: Steve Coulter
- Length: 22 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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A brilliant investigative narrative: How six average Soviet men rose to the pinnacle of Russia's battered economy....
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A great narrative ruined by appalling narration
- By Simon on 10-11-16
By: David Hoffman
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Lost Kingdom
- The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism....
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informative.
- By Marcin on 20-09-22
By: Serhii Plokhy
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October
- The Story of the Russian Revolution
- By: China Mieville
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution....
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dry and boring
- By mr a l atkinson on 13-12-17
By: China Mieville
New Releases
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Imitation Democracy
- The Development of Russia's Post-Soviet Political System
- By: Dmitrii Furman
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of "imitation democracy," marked by "a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule." How did this system take shape, how else might it have developed, and what are the prospects for re-envisioning it more democratically in the future? These questions animate Dmitrii Furman's Imitation Democracy, a welcome antidote to books that blandly decry Putin as an omnipotent dictator without considering his platforms, constituencies, and sources of power.
By: Dmitrii Furman
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Russia's War on Everybody
- And What It Means for You
- By: Keir Giles
- Narrated by: Keir Giles
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a clandestine war against the West for decades. Hostile acts abroad, from poisoning dissidents to shooting down airliners, interfering in elections, spying, hacking, and murdering, have long seemed to be the Kremlin's daily business. But what is it all for? Why does Russia consistently behave like this? Keir Giles explains how and why Russia pushes for more power and influence wherever it can reach, far beyond Ukraine.
By: Keir Giles
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Killer in the Kremlin
- Expanded Edition
- By: John Sweeney
- Narrated by: John Sweeney
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes listeners from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine. In a disturbing exposé of Putin's sinister ambition, Sweeney draws on thirty years of his own reporting - from the Moscow apartment bombings to the atrocities committed by the Russian Army in Chechnya, to the annexation of Crimea and a confrontation with Putin over the shooting down of flight MH17 - to understand the true extent of Putin's long war.
By: John Sweeney
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Everyday War
- The Conflict over Donbas, Ukraine
- By: Greta Lynn Uehling
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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What goes through the mind of a mother who must send her child to school across a minefield or the men who belong to groups of volunteer body collectors? In Ukraine, such questions have been part of the daily calculus of life. Greta Uehling engages with the lives of ordinary people living in and around the armed conflict over Donbas that began in 2014 and shows how conventional understandings of war are incomplete. Everyday War considers where peace can be cultivated at an everyday level.
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Dark Shadows
- Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
- By: Joanna Lillis
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, sandwiched between Vladimir Putin's Russia, its former colonial ruler, and Xi Jinping's China, this vast oil-rich state is carving out its place in the world as it contends with its own complex past and present. Journalist Joanna Lillis paints a vibrant picture of this emerging nation through vivid reportage based on seventeen years of on-the-ground coverage.
By: Joanna Lillis
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Vladimir Putin
- The Man, The Monster, World Enemy #1
- By: Porter Keys
- Narrated by: Dwight Kuhlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was coming to an end, everyone began to take a breath of relief. The world was finally at peace and could return to normal. This breath was cut short by Vladimir Putin spearheading the campaign and invasion of Ukraine. This left millions of people, media outlets, and the world dumbstruck.
By: Porter Keys
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Imitation Democracy
- The Development of Russia's Post-Soviet Political System
- By: Dmitrii Furman
- Narrated by: Rich Miller
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia under Yeltsin and Putin implemented a political system of "imitation democracy," marked by "a huge disparity between formal constitutional principles and the reality of authoritarian rule." How did this system take shape, how else might it have developed, and what are the prospects for re-envisioning it more democratically in the future? These questions animate Dmitrii Furman's Imitation Democracy, a welcome antidote to books that blandly decry Putin as an omnipotent dictator without considering his platforms, constituencies, and sources of power.
By: Dmitrii Furman
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Russia's War on Everybody
- And What It Means for You
- By: Keir Giles
- Narrated by: Keir Giles
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a clandestine war against the West for decades. Hostile acts abroad, from poisoning dissidents to shooting down airliners, interfering in elections, spying, hacking, and murdering, have long seemed to be the Kremlin's daily business. But what is it all for? Why does Russia consistently behave like this? Keir Giles explains how and why Russia pushes for more power and influence wherever it can reach, far beyond Ukraine.
By: Keir Giles
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Killer in the Kremlin
- Expanded Edition
- By: John Sweeney
- Narrated by: John Sweeney
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes listeners from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine. In a disturbing exposé of Putin's sinister ambition, Sweeney draws on thirty years of his own reporting - from the Moscow apartment bombings to the atrocities committed by the Russian Army in Chechnya, to the annexation of Crimea and a confrontation with Putin over the shooting down of flight MH17 - to understand the true extent of Putin's long war.
By: John Sweeney
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Everyday War
- The Conflict over Donbas, Ukraine
- By: Greta Lynn Uehling
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
What goes through the mind of a mother who must send her child to school across a minefield or the men who belong to groups of volunteer body collectors? In Ukraine, such questions have been part of the daily calculus of life. Greta Uehling engages with the lives of ordinary people living in and around the armed conflict over Donbas that began in 2014 and shows how conventional understandings of war are incomplete. Everyday War considers where peace can be cultivated at an everyday level.
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Dark Shadows
- Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
- By: Joanna Lillis
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, sandwiched between Vladimir Putin's Russia, its former colonial ruler, and Xi Jinping's China, this vast oil-rich state is carving out its place in the world as it contends with its own complex past and present. Journalist Joanna Lillis paints a vibrant picture of this emerging nation through vivid reportage based on seventeen years of on-the-ground coverage.
By: Joanna Lillis
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Vladimir Putin
- The Man, The Monster, World Enemy #1
- By: Porter Keys
- Narrated by: Dwight Kuhlman
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was coming to an end, everyone began to take a breath of relief. The world was finally at peace and could return to normal. This breath was cut short by Vladimir Putin spearheading the campaign and invasion of Ukraine. This left millions of people, media outlets, and the world dumbstruck.
By: Porter Keys