In Moscow's Shadows 133: Books on Russia, Books on Ukraine

As I'm travelling this weekend, this episode is a compilation of two sets of comparative book reviews already provided to my Patrons.First up, three recent books on Russia that, together, would make up one pretty fine, balanced and comprehensive one...Thomas Graham, Getting Russia Right (Polity)Richard Sakwa, The Lost Peace (Yale)Leon Aron, Riding the Tiger (AEI)In the second half, three more books, this time all about Ukraine:Maria Popova & Oxana Shevel, Russia and Ukraine. Entangled histories, diverging states (Polity)Simon Shuster, The Showman (William Collins)Andrew Harding, A Small, Stubborn Town (Ithaka)The podcast's corporate partner and sponsor is Conducttr, which provides software for innovative and immersive crisis exercises in hybrid warfare, counter-terrorism, civil affairs and similar situations.You can also follow my blog, In Moscow's Shadows, and become one of the podcast's supporting Patrons and gain question-asking rights and access to exclusive extra materials right here. Support the show

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Russia, behind the headlines as well as in the shadows. This podcast is the audio counterpart to Mark Galeotti's blog of the same name, a place where "one of the most informed and provocative voices on modern Russia", can talk about Russia historical and (more often) contemporary, discuss new books and research, and sometimes talk to other Russia-watchers. If you'd like to keep the podcast coming and generally support my work, or want to ask questions or suggest topics for me to cover, do please contribute to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/InMoscowsShadowsThe podcast's corporate partner and sponsor is Conducttr, which provides software for innovative and immersive crisis exercises in hybrid warfare, counter-terrorism, civil affairs and similar situations.