{"product_id":"my-russia-war-or-peace","title":"My Russia: War or Peace?","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: we just dont know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putins autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine?In My Russia: War or Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russias problems, from the Kievan Rus via the Grand Duchy of Moscow, empire, revolution and Cold War, to the now thirty-year-old Russian Federation. He explores the uneasy relationship between state and citizens, explains Russian attitudes to peoples rights and democracy, and proposes that there are really two Russian peoples: the disillusioned and disaffected, who suffer from slave mentality, and those who embrace European values and try to stand up to oppression.Both deeply personal and taking a broader historical view, My Russia is a passionate, eye-opening account of a state entangled in a complex and bloody past, as well as a love letter to a conflicted country. Will Russia continue its vicious circle of upheaval and autocracy, or will its people find a way out of history - and how can we help?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"riverrun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45876335608006,"sku":"DADAX1529427819","price":39.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/71F9T89U04L.jpg?v=1779634147","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/my-russia-war-or-peace","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}