My Russia: What I Saw Inside the Kremlin

By: Jill Dougherty

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Synopsis: My Russia reveals CNN&’s Jill Dougherty&’s transformative journey from a Cold War-era obsession with Russia to witnessing firsthand the rise of Vladimir Putin and the unraveling of a nation she grew to love At the height of the Cold War, as a high school freshman, CNN&’s Jill Dougherty developed an obsession with Russia. Over the next half-century, she studied in Leningrad, traveled across the Soviet Union, lived in Moscow, and reported on the presidencies of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. Jill&’s life, and Putin&’s, intersected. They studied at the same Russian university; Jill was named CNN Moscow Bureau Chief just as Putin began his rise to power. She knew he was a former KGB officer, but she also believed he was an economic reformer. As Putin tightened his grip on the media, she changed her mind. In 2022, reporting from Moscow as Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, she was convinced the leader with whom she once had sympathized was a tyrant threatening to destroy a country she had come to love. My Russia charts Russia&’s evolution through the eyes of an American with rare insight into Russia, its people, and its leaders.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 368 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781493087990
Publisher:: Globe Pequot Publishing
Date of Addition:: 10/04/25
Copyrighted By:: Jill Dougherty
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Communication, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.