{"product_id":"the-less-you-know-the-better-you-sleep-russias-road-to-terror-and-dictatorship-under-yeltsin-and-putin","title":"The Less You Know  the Better You Sleep: Russia's Road to Terror and Dictatorship under Yeltsin and Putin","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce you accept that the impossible is really possible  what happens in Russia makes perfect sense  A few pages into David Satters truly terrifying book  one realizes that his title is smack-on accurate: modern Russia is a frightening member of the world community to an extent of which most persons are blissfully unaware.Joseph C. Goulden  Washington Times  Satter . . . persuasively supplies evidence for his claim that a series of residential bombings in 1999 were part of an elaborate conspiracy orchestrated by Vladimir Putin  who used them as a smoke screen to invade Chechnya and catapult himself to the presidency.Publishers Weekly  In December 2013  David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled  it was surprising it took so long. Satter is known in Russia for having written that the apartment bombings in 1999  which were blamed on Chechens and brought Putin to power  were actually carried out by the Russian FSB security police.  In this book  Satter tells the story of the apartment bombings and how Boris Yeltsin presided over the criminalization of Russia  why Vladimir Putin was chosen as his successor  and how Putin has suppressed all opposition while retaining the appearance of a pluralist state. As the threat represented by Russia becomes increasingly clear  Satters description of where Russia is and how it got there will be of vital interest to anyone concerned about the dangers facing the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983534583861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300211422","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300211429.jpg?v=1770797613","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-less-you-know-the-better-you-sleep-russias-road-to-terror-and-dictatorship-under-yeltsin-and-putin","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}