An original and informative look at Russia's thousand-year past, tracng the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics.

Shows how Russia’s complex identity has been formed over a thousand years, and how it can help us understand its often baffling behaviour at home and abroad. This title presents…

‘I’m a fairly calm fellow; I don’t usually get het up about things. But I was, let’s say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard…