All the Kremlin’s Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin Audiobook (Free)

A fantastic behind-the-scenes portrait of the court of Vladimir Putin, the oligarchs that surround it, and the many moods of contemporary Russia that reads just like a ‘real Home of Cards'(Lev Lurie).

All of the Kremlin’s Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental ruler and a court out of control. Predicated on an unparalleled series of interviews with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, this reserve presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin being a strongman can be about All of the Kremlin’s Men: In the Court of Vladimir Putin dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted–if not controlled–by the men who simultaneously advise and deceive him.

The local governors and bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects, a lot more powerful in their fiefdoms compared to the president himself. So can be the gatekeepers-those officials who safeguard the pathways to power-on whom Putin is dependent as much as they rely on him. The tenuous edifice is definitely filled with all the intrigue and plotting of the Medici court, as enemies from the state are created and wars begun to justify personal benefits, inner rivalries, or one faction’s biased benefit.

A bestseller in Russia, All the Kremlin’s Males is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era and a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers jogging riot.