How do the experiences of average Russians during the tumultuous 1990s explain the way the country is today? And what does the popular narrative in the U.S. about Vladimir Putin get right--and wrong?

SOURCES:

Russia Without Putin by Tony Wood

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3040-russia-without-putin

The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against Democracy by Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski

https://www.usip.org/publications/2001/02/tragedy-russias-reforms

Russia Responds to Anti-Migrant Riots by Arresting Migrants by Simon Shuster

https://world.time.com/2013/10/14/russia-responds-to-anti-migrant-riots-by-arresting-migrants/