This is an investigation into the interaction of power, money and people
in Russia during the presidencies of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
'Profiling Putin's team, including his security services and pro-market
economic 'reformers', Simon Pirani argues that the growth during the oil
boom was one-sided. The gap between rich and poor widened. Now the boom
is over, this problem has only grown.'As well as explaining Russia's
economic trajectory, the book provides a unique account of the social
movements that are working against an increasingly authoritarian
government to change Russia for the better.