![]() But assassinations are far rarer now than they were 20 years ago. They just needed to make sure they had enough pens and notebooks, and to keep their eyes open.Īs is abundantly clear from the inquiry into the 2006 murder with polonium-210 of Alexander Litvinenko, which opened in London a fortnight ago, modern Russia still excels at extreme violence. John Reed, Fitzroy Maclean, David Remnick and Chrystia Freeland all produced fantastic books during those periods but, as long as they stayed alive, they almost had it easy. ![]() These were the moments when the bulldogs burst out from under the rug, and started tearing chunks out of each other, out of the room and out of random bystanders: the Bolshevik revolution the show trials the perestroika years the chaotic 1990s. T he most famous firsthand accounts of Russia have come from times of great national convulsion. ![]()
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