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Sep 02, 2017p0mmstax rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
One of the most timely reads ever -- it's a fascinating, sometimes creepy read about how Russians live. Published in 2014, it reveals (indirectly) a lot about our 45th president and his wife. By Pomerantsev's observation, the culture appears to revere oligarch gangsters and 'models,' and one wonders how ordinary people get by. Not that well, it turns out. A Russian-born British filmmaker, Pomerantsev explores media, gender roles, Putin, policing, cults, history and of course all the money and excess.