Mikhail Zygar: War and punishment. How Russia destroyed Ukraine

In his new book, Mikhail Zygar is looking for answers to questions that will remain central to Russian society for many decades: how could February 24 happen in principle and why was Ukraine the victim of Russian aggression? Zygar finds the explanation in historical myths that have been nurtured by Russian authorities for centuries. In myths not only about Ukraine, but also about Russia itself. In the myths that Vladimir Putin also became obsessed with.

Telling the stories of people who fought against despotism, fought for freedom, and defended their national identity in the face of oppression - from Bohdan Khmelnitsky to Vladimir Zelensky - Mikhail Zygar convincingly debunks these myths. And along with them - the “logical justification” that Putin and his circle used to justify their crimes against the neighboring country.

Mikhail Zygar invites us to go through the difficult path of rethinking not only the recent, but also the seemingly irrevocably gone past in order to understand the path of today's Russia to the edge of the abyss - aggression against Ukraine, which has become the bloodiest war on the continent since World War II. This book is not only a guide to the past, but also a call to change the present.

Pages: 420. Paperback

Dimensions: 152x229 mm