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About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

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  • #Russia #Politics
Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe
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The West's obsession with Vladimir Putin's KGB past often misses the biographical detail that can be captured by a single word: dvor. The word means courtyard in Russian, but to a R... Show More

The West's obsession with Vladimir Putin's KGB past often misses the biographical detail that can be captured by a single word: dvor. The word means courtyard in Russian, but to a Russian speaker, it is evocative of a whole universe. It was the space where Putin, like so many Soviet kids of his generation, grew up and learned an unforgiving, often brutal social code. Puck journalist Julia Ioffe introduces Westerners to that universe and explains why it’s critical to understanding the Russian president and what he might do next in the war against Ukraine. 

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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel · Oct 26, 2023
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This is an excellent podcast on Putin and Russia and how we got where we are. Highly recommended.
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