Dark Heart Of Russia

Jonathan Fink (editor) is a journalist and host of Silicon Curtain, the leading international podcast on Russian digital disinformation and the geopolitical consequences of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and elsewhere. A graduate of Edinburgh University, he founded the channel in 2022, conducting over a thousand interviews since—while frequently visiting Ukraine. He lives in London with his family.

• CONTENTSAcknowledgementsThe Dark Heart of Russia—Jonathan Fink, EditorSection 1: Russia1.Dissent—Ilya Ponomarev2.I Thought I Knew—Bill Browder3.A Cult of Humiliation—Peter Pomerantsev4.Calibre—Garry Kasparov5.What Does the Ukraine Invasion Say about Russia?—Owen Matthews6.Soft Power and Russia—Simon Smith7.A Solution?—David SatterSection 2: Military Might8.A Refusal to Yield—General David H. Petraeus9.Permanent Threat—General Sir Richard Shirreff10.A Question of Morale—General Mark Hertling11.The Russian Federation Will Disappear—General Ben Hodges12.The New Iron Curtain—Anders Puck Nielsen13.The Real Story of NATO Enlargement—John LoughSection 3: Putin14.Tunnel Vision—Fiona Hill15.Opportunism—Mark Galeotti16.The Godfather—Luke Harding17.Petro-tyranny—Alexander Etkind18.A Hundred-Year-Old Zombie—Yuri Felshtinsky19.Moscow Rules—Keir GilesSection 4: Action20.Useful Idiots—John Sweeney21.Sanctions—Timothy Ash22.Grey-Zone Aggression—Elisabeth Braw23.Splintering Russia—James Nixey24.War Crimes—Kateryna BusolSection 5: Ukrainian Views25.Absence of a Russian Nation—Volodymyr Yermolenko26.The Interest of Democracy—Olena Halushka27.Pleasure in Destruction—Anna Danylchuk28.Hundred Per Cent Evil—Sasha Dovzhyk29.Envy—Olga Tokariuk30.The Nobel Peace Prize—Oleksandra RomantsovaNotesIndex

‘The Silicon Curtain podcast is a pioneering and perceptive addition to the debate about Europe’s security future (and the present crisis). This book fills a gap in the discussion—and on your bookshelf.’ EDWARD LUCASFrom THE DARK HEART OF RUSSIA:‘Neither Kafka nor Huxley could have imagined a world with this level of craziness.’ GARRY KASPAROV‘A premonitory peek at the state of Russia, the brittleness of its economy, its regime, its power structure.’ GENERAL DAVID H. PETRAEUS‘It is quite misunderstood how traumatized, deeply confused, and even lost Russians are.’ PETER POMERANTSEV