Pollution and Atmosphere in Post-Soviet Russia

Lars Rowe is Senior Research Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Lecturer in Russian History at the University of Oslo.

Environmental negotiations with Russians have often been challenging and frequently unsuccessful. In his fine book, Lars Rowe reveals that Russian elites and even the public are not and feel no real reason to be concerned with environmental quality as a top priority. Unless that mindset is understood (or is changed), productive international engagement with Russia will falter. This is an insightful and relevant case study that deserves close attention.