Books
REVIEW
Ukraina – gränslandet
A carefully made documentary in print: two skilful communicators have joined forces to stimulate readers into learning more about their special subject.
REVIEW
Frihetens pris är okänt. Om demokratiska revolutioner i Georgien, Ukraina och Kirgizistan
‘The problem is the same everywhere: introducing democracy hurts.’
REVIEW
Sammetsdiktaturen. Motstånd och medlöpare i dagens Ryssland.
Authoritarianism, rhetoric and protest: scenes from daily life. Anna-Lena Laurén's The Velvet Dictatorship. Resistance and fellow-travellers in today’s Russia. is a highly readable collection of essays on contemporary Russia written by an expert in the area.
TRANSLATED EXTRACT
from The Velvet Dictatorship by Anna-Lena Laurén
Esteemed journalist Anna-Lena Laurén explores democracy in Russia in this extract taken from Sammetsdiktaturen, her latest collection of essays on Russian contemporary society.
Translated by D.E. Hurford.
FEATURE
‘You don’t believe in war. Where in the past four decades have you seen reason prevail?’
In this recent column published on the eve of war, Anna-Lena Laurén explores the crisis in Ukraine through the prism of her own family history.
Translated by D.E. Hurford.