Putin’s People by Catherine Belton

This book’s full title is Putin’s People: How the KGB took back Russia and Then Took on the West. I found this book fascinating. I can see from reading this book about Putin in the book why some people depict Putin as similar to a Mafia gang leader. This book was published in 2020.

Daniel Beer on The Guardian writes a good review of this book. The review on The Open Book is from the book blub, but gives you a good idea what the book is about. There is an interesting more recent review of this book and its subject in 2022 by Australian Institute of International Affairs. An article on The Foreign Policy website talks about Catherine Belton and her publisher being sued over this book.

There is a discussion at Atlantic Council. The discussion starts around 4:15 into the video when Catherine Belton talks about her book. It was taped in June 2020. There is a short video interview with Catherine Belton at the British Embassy of Vienna. This is dated October 2022. It is just over 4 minutes.

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