Putin Mystique

How Vladimir Putin rules Russia follows the long tradition of Russian leaders, from tsars to Soviet presidents. Mixing her own reportage of recent events in Putin's Russia, with anthropology and history, the author asks why the Russian people seem to need the rule of an autocrat, and analyses the characteristics and style of Putin's reign.

Cum guverneaza Vladimir Putin Rusia urmeaza lunga traditie a liderilor rusi, de la tari la presedintii sovietici. Amestecand propriul reportaj al evenimentelor recente din Rusia lui Putin, cu antropologie si istorie, autoarea intreaba de ce poporul rus pare sa aiba nevoie de stapanirea unui autocrat si analizeaza caracteristicile si stilul domniei lui Putin.