Author, a political activist and nationalist, contemplates about Russian history, Russian people, and the future of this country.

No issue of the newspaper ‘Zavtra’ is complete without the column ‘Evgeny on Certain People.’ Its permanent author, the publicist and poet Evgeny Nefedov, has long had a large number of admirers. This book is, in essence, a biting satire on those who have disfigured our country over the past fifteen years, since Boris and his family began to ‘reign’; it is laughter through tears.

In this volume, the scholar Andrei Kokoshin examines the role and place of technocrats as a socio-cultural phenomenon in contemporary societies. He examines the development of technocrats in both Russia and other countries.

The monograph examines the challenges and problems in the modernization of the post-Soviet economic sphere on three different levels: national, regional and global.

The book is a Russian translation of analysis published by the National Intelligence Council on the upcoming threats and challenges the United States and the world will face over the next few years.

Despite the huge number of books and articles devoted to the civilization of Ancient Egypt, it retains its mysterious appeal in the eyes of modern man. Its colossal monuments, its centuries-old power structure, its literature, which describes in detail and dispassionately the complex relationships between the living and the dead, gods and people - all this interests not only specialists, but...

A detailed collection of documents on the course and evolution of Perestroika related to its main architect, Alexander Iakovlev. One of the first Russians to come to the US on a Fulbright in the 1950s (together with Oleg Kalugin), Iakovlev became the leading thinker and architect of perestroika and glasnost under M S Gorbachev. Vital collection for anyone interested in contemporary Russian...

Since his speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama has captured attention as reporters, politicos, and ordinary citizens have wondered if he might be the nation's first black president. Chicago Tribune reporter Mendell argues that although Obama's rise to the national stage might seem unplanned, it is the outcome of a carefully calculated strategy by an ambitious man. Mendell...

A look at the strategy, tactics and methods used by Anatoly Chubais to privatize previously state-run companies and the rise of the Russian Oligarchy.

Noted author Roy Medvedev examines the growth and development of Kazakhstan during the Post-Soviet years, from an area of instability to one of stability and growth, driven by its exploitation of its natural resources.

This book is about a thousand years of history of the Caspian region and talks about the naval campaigns of our glorious ancestors Russ, dashing ushkuynikov Novgorod, Don and Volga Cossacks, on the Persian campaign of Peter the Great, after which the Caspian Sea became a Russian lake. Particular attention is given to change the situation in the region associated with the discovery of vast oil...