🇷🇺 Russian Intrigue

Espionage, political machinations, and shadowy power plays set against the backdrop of Russia — where paranoia is a survival skill and trust is the rarest currency.

The Defector

by Daniel Silva • 2009

A Russian oligarch's revenge takes the one thing an Israeli spy cannot lose: his wife.

4.33

37k+

🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 🏃 Defector In Danger 🕵️ Spy Tradecraft

The Defector 91%

A Russian oligarch's revenge takes the one thing an Israeli spy cannot lose: his wife.

by Daniel Silva 2009

4.33

37k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 🏃 Defector In Danger 🕵️ Spy Tradecraft

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks

by Sean M. Wiswesser • 2026

Corruption, not ideology, drives Putin's spies, and their greatest secret is how often they fail.

4.09

🏛️ Putin'S Russia 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🗝️ Kgb Legacy

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks Summary

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks 91%

Corruption, not ideology, drives Putin's spies, and their greatest secret is how often they fail.

by Sean M. Wiswesser 2026

4.09

33 ratings

🏛️ Putin'S Russia 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🗝️ Kgb Legacy

The Second Lady

by Irving Wallace • 1980

The First Lady is a Soviet double, and one writer suspects the truth.

3.92

5k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Body Double 🏛️ Political Thriller

The Second Lady 91%

The First Lady is a Soviet double, and one writer suspects the truth.

by Irving Wallace 1980

3.92

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🎭 Body Double 🏛️ Political Thriller

Moscow Rules

by Daniel Silva • 2008

A murdered journalist pulls Gabriel Allon into a Russian oligarch's plot to arm terrorists.

4.24

29k+

🕵️ International Espionage 🏭 Post-Soviet Intrigue 😔 Reluctant Spy

Moscow Rules 90%

A murdered journalist pulls Gabriel Allon into a Russian oligarch's plot to arm terrorists.

by Daniel Silva 2008

4.24

29k+ ratings

🕵️ International Espionage 🏭 Post-Soviet Intrigue 😔 Reluctant Spy

The Cellist

by Daniel Silva • 2021

Gabriel Allon traces a murdered Russian exile to a Swiss bank laundering billions for the Kremlin.

4.00

35k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💰 Financial Espionage 🎻 Art World Intrigue

The Cellist 90%

Gabriel Allon traces a murdered Russian exile to a Swiss bank laundering billions for the Kremlin.

by Daniel Silva 2021

4.00

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💰 Financial Espionage 🎻 Art World Intrigue

Russian Roulette

by Michael Isikoff • 2018

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

4.20

7k+

🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin'S Russia

Russian Roulette 90%

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

by Michael Isikoff 2018

4.20

7k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin'S Russia

Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs

by Colin Wilson • 1964

The mad monk wasn't a fraud: his powers were real, and they brought down a dynasty.

3.41

234

🏛️ Imperial Russia 🕯️ Court Intrigue 🔮 Mystic Biography

Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs Summary

Rasputin and the Fall of the Romanovs 90%

The mad monk wasn't a fraud: his powers were real, and they brought down a dynasty.

by Colin Wilson 1964

3.41

234 ratings

🏛️ Imperial Russia 🕯️ Court Intrigue 🔮 Mystic Biography

The English Girl

by Daniel Silva • 2013

A British political aide and secret PM lover vanishes, dragging Gabriel Allon into a Russian plot.

4.19

37k+

🕵️ Sleeper Agent 🗳️ Political Blackmail 🔍 Reluctant Spy

The English Girl 90%

A British political aide and secret PM lover vanishes, dragging Gabriel Allon into a Russian plot.

by Daniel Silva 2013

4.19

37k+ ratings

🕵️ Sleeper Agent 🗳️ Political Blackmail 🔍 Reluctant Spy

House of Trump, House of Putin

by Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

4.02

2k+

🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy

House of Trump, House of Putin 90%

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

by Craig Unger 2018

4.02

2k+ ratings

🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy

Russia and the Russians

by Geoffrey Hosking • 2001

Russia built an empire but never lasting institutions. Geography made autocracy feel like survival.

3.97

604

🏰 Imperial Russia 🪆 Soviet History 🌍 Geopolitics

Russia and the Russians 90%

Russia built an empire but never lasting institutions. Geography made autocracy feel like survival.

by Geoffrey Hosking 2001

3.97

604 ratings

🏰 Imperial Russia 🪆 Soviet History 🌍 Geopolitics

Overkill

by James Barrington • 2004

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

4.28

1k+

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Overkill 90%

A British agent finds a Russian nuclear weapon headed for London, while its handlers hunt him.

by James Barrington 2004

4.28

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Techno-Thriller 🥶 Cold War Echoes ☢️ Nuclear Threat

The New Girl

by Daniel Silva • 2019

An Israeli spymaster searches for a Saudi princess whose abduction could ignite the Middle East.

4.28

34k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 😢 Child Abduction

The New Girl 90%

An Israeli spymaster searches for a Saudi princess whose abduction could ignite the Middle East.

by Daniel Silva 2019

4.28

34k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🌍 Geopolitical Intrigue 😢 Child Abduction

The Secrets We Kept

by Lara Prescott • 2019

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

3.65

79k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies

The Secrets We Kept 90%

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

by Lara Prescott 2019

3.65

79k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies

American Kompromat

by Craig Unger • 2021

The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.

3.91

1k+

🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🕸️ Political Conspiracy 💸 Money Laundering

American Kompromat 90%

The KGB spent decades turning a developer into a candidate; money was the kompromat.

by Craig Unger 2021

3.91

1k+ ratings

🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🕸️ Political Conspiracy 💸 Money Laundering

Nielegałowie. Jak szpieguje nas Rosja?

by Shaun Walker • 2025

A century of Russian spies next door: from Lenin's fugitives to the sleepers caught last week.

4.22

2k+

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence 📜 Espionage History 🎭 Deep Cover Operations

Nielegałowie. Jak szpieguje nas Rosja? Summary

Nielegałowie. Jak szpieguje nas Rosja? 90%

A century of Russian spies next door: from Lenin's fugitives to the sleepers caught last week.

by Shaun Walker 2025

4.22

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence 📜 Espionage History 🎭 Deep Cover Operations

The Sword and the Shield

by Christopher Andrew • 1985

One KGB archivist smuggled out the foreign intelligence files, rewriting Cold War history.

3.93

2k+

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Russian History

The Sword and the Shield 90%

One KGB archivist smuggled out the foreign intelligence files, rewriting Cold War history.

by Christopher Andrew 1985

3.93

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Soviet Intelligence ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🇷🇺 Russian History

Kremlin Rising

by Peter Baker • 2005

Putin didn't seize Russia. Russians handed it to him, desperate for order after a decade of chaos.

3.90

332

🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 🔒 Authoritarian Consolidation 📺 State Propaganda

Kremlin Rising 89%

Putin didn't seize Russia. Russians handed it to him, desperate for order after a decade of chaos.

by Peter Baker 2005

3.90

332 ratings

🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 🔒 Authoritarian Consolidation 📺 State Propaganda

The Cardinal of the Kremlin

by Tom Clancy • 1988

The Soviet Union's most decorated soldier is the CIA's best mole. His time is running out.

4.10

61k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔬 Techno Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt

The Cardinal of the Kremlin 89%

The Soviet Union's most decorated soldier is the CIA's best mole. His time is running out.

by Tom Clancy 1988

4.10

61k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🔬 Techno Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt

Deep Undercover

by Jack Barsky • 2017

To escape the KGB, he told them he was dying of AIDS. He stayed for his American daughter.

4.08

3k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🛡️ Soviet Intelligence 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

Deep Undercover 89%

To escape the KGB, he told them he was dying of AIDS. He stayed for his American daughter.

by Jack Barsky 2017

4.08

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🛡️ Soviet Intelligence 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

The Other Woman

by Daniel Silva • 2018

Gabriel Allon's defector is murdered. The mole inside MI6 is a Cold War secret that refused to die.

4.16

32k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧊 Cold War Legacy

The Other Woman 89%

Gabriel Allon's defector is murdered. The mole inside MI6 is a Cold War secret that refused to die.

by Daniel Silva 2018

4.16

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 🔍 Mole Hunt 🧊 Cold War Legacy

Putinism

by Walter Laqueur • 2015

Oil wealth, Orthodox faith, and a KGB veteran filled the vacuum the Soviet Union left behind.

3.32

260

🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🌍 Russian Foreign Policy 🛢️ Petrostates

Putinism 89%

Oil wealth, Orthodox faith, and a KGB veteran filled the vacuum the Soviet Union left behind.

by Walter Laqueur 2015

3.32

260 ratings

🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🌍 Russian Foreign Policy 🛢️ Petrostates

Red Rabbit

by Tom Clancy • 2002

A Soviet defector's warning sends a CIA analyst into St. Peter's Square to stop an assassination.

3.76

35k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🚂 Defector Extraction 😬 Reluctant Operative

Red Rabbit 89%

A Soviet defector's warning sends a CIA analyst into St. Peter's Square to stop an assassination.

by Tom Clancy 2002

3.76

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🚂 Defector Extraction 😬 Reluctant Operative

The Negotiator

by Frederick Forsyth • 1989

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

4.03

14k+

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist

The Negotiator 89%

A broken negotiator's last job: free the President's son before Cold War tensions explode.

by Frederick Forsyth 1989

4.03

14k+ ratings

🔴 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Political Conspiracy 👻 Haunted Protagonist

In the Enemy's House

by Howard Blum • 2018

An FBI agent and a quiet linguist unraveled the Soviet codes that hid the atomic spies.

4.14

2k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Atomic Espionage 🔐 Code Breaking

In the Enemy's House 89%

An FBI agent and a quiet linguist unraveled the Soviet codes that hid the atomic spies.

by Howard Blum 2018

4.14

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage ☢️ Atomic Espionage 🔐 Code Breaking

Dressed Up for a Riot

by Michael Idov • 2018

a GQ editor's Moscow: protests fill squares, Pussy Riot faces trial, and cheese turns patriotic.

3.62

274

🇷🇺 Russian Politics 🧱 Post-Soviet Transition 🎭 Cultural Memoir

Dressed Up for a Riot 89%

a GQ editor's Moscow: protests fill squares, Pussy Riot faces trial, and cheese turns patriotic.

by Michael Idov 2018

3.62

274 ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Politics 🧱 Post-Soviet Transition 🎭 Cultural Memoir

The Return of the Russian Leviathan

by Sergei Medvedev • 2017

Governance traded for spectacle: how resentment and distorted history built Putin's Russia.

4.06

337

🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🕯️ Historical Memory 📢 State Propaganda

The Return of the Russian Leviathan Summary

The Return of the Russian Leviathan 89%

Governance traded for spectacle: how resentment and distorted history built Putin's Russia.

by Sergei Medvedev 2017

4.06

337 ratings

🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🕯️ Historical Memory 📢 State Propaganda

The Invention of Russia

by Arkady Ostrovsky • 2015

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

4.01

2k+

🏚️ Post-Soviet Russia 🏛️ Russian Politics 📺 State Propaganda

The Invention of Russia 89%

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

by Arkady Ostrovsky 2015

4.01

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Soviet Russia 🏛️ Russian Politics 📺 State Propaganda

The Red Web

by Andrei Soldatov • 2015

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

3.95

700

🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin'S Russia 👁️ Surveillance State

The Red Web 89%

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

by Andrei Soldatov 2015

3.95

700 ratings

🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin'S Russia 👁️ Surveillance State

Our Dear Friends in Moscow

by Irina Borogan • 2025

Six friends chased a free Russian press. Two decades later, some wrote propaganda, some were dead.

4.07

238

🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 📢 State Propaganda 📰 Press Freedom

Our Dear Friends in Moscow 89%

Six friends chased a free Russian press. Two decades later, some wrote propaganda, some were dead.

by Irina Borogan 2025

4.07

238 ratings

🇷🇺 Post-Soviet Russia 📢 State Propaganda 📰 Press Freedom

Redemption

by Will Jordan • 2012

A haunted operative breaks into a Russian prison to free a spy the agency buried alive.

4.01

2k+

🔪 Damaged Spy 🕸️ Paranoid Conspiracy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

Redemption 89%

A haunted operative breaks into a Russian prison to free a spy the agency buried alive.

by Will Jordan 2012

4.01

2k+ ratings

🔪 Damaged Spy 🕸️ Paranoid Conspiracy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies

Edge of Honor

by Brad Thor • 2025

A honeymoon ends in an ambush. The killers are Americans, and Washington gave the order.

4.44

12k+

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🕵️ Mole Hunt

Edge of Honor 89%

A honeymoon ends in an ambush. The killers are Americans, and Washington gave the order.

by Brad Thor 2025

4.44

12k+ ratings

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🏛️ Political Conspiracy 🕵️ Mole Hunt

Order to Kill

by Kyle Mills • 2016

A plan to irradiate Saudi oil fields pits a CIA agent against Russia's most lethal assassin.

4.35

24k+

🗡️ Rival Assassins ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🕵️ Covert Ops

Order to Kill 89%

A plan to irradiate Saudi oil fields pits a CIA agent against Russia's most lethal assassin.

by Kyle Mills 2016

4.35

24k+ ratings

🗡️ Rival Assassins ☢️ Nuclear Threat 🕵️ Covert Ops

Zbig

by Edward Luce • 2025

A Polish immigrant who taught a president, outsmarted Kissinger, and foresaw the Soviet collapse.

4.58

544

🥶 Cold War 🌐 Foreign Policy 🔍 Sovietology

Zbig 89%

A Polish immigrant who taught a president, outsmarted Kissinger, and foresaw the Soviet collapse.

by Edward Luce 2025

4.58

544 ratings

🥶 Cold War 🌐 Foreign Policy 🔍 Sovietology

Russian History

by Geoffrey Hosking • 2012

Constant invasions, one Russian answer: centralize power. The pattern from the Mongols to Putin.

3.64

769

🏛️ Russian History 🌏 Eurasian Geopolitics 👑 Autocracy And State Power

Russian History 89%

Constant invasions, one Russian answer: centralize power. The pattern from the Mongols to Putin.

by Geoffrey Hosking 2012

3.64

769 ratings

🏛️ Russian History 🌏 Eurasian Geopolitics 👑 Autocracy And State Power

Winter Is Coming

by Garry Kasparov • 2015

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

4.04

4k+

🪆 Russian Politics 🗺️ Post-Soviet Studies 🤦 Foreign Policy Failures

Winter Is Coming 89%

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

by Garry Kasparov 2015

4.04

4k+ ratings

🪆 Russian Politics 🗺️ Post-Soviet Studies 🤦 Foreign Policy Failures

Sandworm

by Andy Greenberg • 2019

First hacker-caused blackouts, then a $10 billion attack. Both traced to a single Russian unit.

4.34

10k+

💻 Cyberwar 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking 🏭 Critical Infrastructure

Sandworm 89%

First hacker-caused blackouts, then a $10 billion attack. Both traced to a single Russian unit.

by Andy Greenberg 2019

4.34

10k+ ratings

💻 Cyberwar 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking 🏭 Critical Infrastructure

Code Warriors

by Stephen Budiansky • 2016

Math, machines, and moral compromise: the NSA's secret Cold War against the Soviets.

3.72

760

🕵️ Cold War Intelligence 🔑 Codebreaking History 📡 Signals Intelligence

Code Warriors 89%

Math, machines, and moral compromise: the NSA's secret Cold War against the Soviets.

by Stephen Budiansky 2016

3.72

760 ratings

🕵️ Cold War Intelligence 🔑 Codebreaking History 📡 Signals Intelligence

Unintended Consequences

by Stuart Woods • 2013

He wakes in Paris with amnesia, a tuxedo, and no idea why spies want him dead.

3.95

7k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🧠 Amnesia Mystery 💋 Femme Fatale

Unintended Consequences 89%

He wakes in Paris with amnesia, a tuxedo, and no idea why spies want him dead.

by Stuart Woods 2013

3.95

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🧠 Amnesia Mystery 💋 Femme Fatale

The Oligarch's Daughter

by Joseph Finder • 2025

A boatbuilder kills a stranger at sea, then Russian agents hunt him through New Hampshire woods.

4.11

22k+

🕵️ Espionage Conspiracy 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🏃 Wrong Man On The Run

The Oligarch's Daughter 89%

A boatbuilder kills a stranger at sea, then Russian agents hunt him through New Hampshire woods.

by Joseph Finder 2025

4.11

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Conspiracy 🏔️ Wilderness Survival 🏃 Wrong Man On The Run

Red Notice

by Bill Browder • 2015

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

4.44

110k+

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers

Red Notice 89%

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

by Bill Browder 2015

4.44

110k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers

The Warsaw Protocol

by Steve Berry • 2020

Cotton Malone chases stolen holy relics to an auction where a president's ruin is bid.

4.00

9k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏺 Relic Heist 💰 Political Blackmail

The Warsaw Protocol 89%

Cotton Malone chases stolen holy relics to an auction where a president's ruin is bid.

by Steve Berry 2020

4.00

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏺 Relic Heist 💰 Political Blackmail

The Billion Dollar Spy

by David E. Hoffman • 2015

A Soviet engineer's note gave the CIA billions in secrets; a single betrayal took it all away.

4.23

16k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇺🇸 Cia History 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

The Billion Dollar Spy 89%

A Soviet engineer's note gave the CIA billions in secrets; a single betrayal took it all away.

by David E. Hoffman 2015

4.23

16k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🇺🇸 Cia History 📡 Intelligence Tradecraft

Patriot

by Alexei Navalny • 2024

Poisoned by the state, arrested on return, dead at 47. His prison cell testament.

4.51

17k+

🇷🇺 Russian Politics ⛓️ Authoritarian Regimes 💰 Anti-Corruption

Patriot 89%

Poisoned by the state, arrested on return, dead at 47. His prison cell testament.

by Alexei Navalny 2024

4.51

17k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Politics ⛓️ Authoritarian Regimes 💰 Anti-Corruption

Once Upon a Time in Russia

by Ben Mezrich • 2015

A mathematician, a protege, and a poisoned teacup: the making and unmaking of Russia's oligarchs.

3.86

5k+

📉 Post-Soviet Russia 💰 Oligarchs 🏭 Privatization Scandals

Once Upon a Time in Russia 89%

A mathematician, a protege, and a poisoned teacup: the making and unmaking of Russia's oligarchs.

by Ben Mezrich 2015

3.86

5k+ ratings

📉 Post-Soviet Russia 💰 Oligarchs 🏭 Privatization Scandals

Red War

by Kyle Mills • 2018

A dying dictator's war plans force his CIA nemesis and former assassin into an uneasy alliance.

4.24

22k+

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🤝 Uneasy Allies

Red War 88%

A dying dictator's war plans force his CIA nemesis and former assassin into an uneasy alliance.

by Kyle Mills 2018

4.24

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🏛️ Political Thriller 🤝 Uneasy Allies

The Bourne Sanction

by Eric Van Lustbader • 2008

Jason Bourne leaves academia to hunt a hidden terror network striking at the heart of America.

3.90

9k+

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💣 Terrorism Plot 🏃 Rogue Operative

The Bourne Sanction 88%

Jason Bourne leaves academia to hunt a hidden terror network striking at the heart of America.

by Eric Van Lustbader 2008

3.90

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Thriller 💣 Terrorism Plot 🏃 Rogue Operative

Foreign Agent

by Brad Thor • 2016

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

4.25

17k+

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot

Foreign Agent 88%

An ISIS massacre of a CIA team masks a Russian plot to start a ground war.

by Brad Thor 2016

4.25

17k+ ratings

🪆 Russian Conspiracy 💣 Islamist Terror 🎯 Assassination Plot

Freezing Order

by Bill Browder • 2022

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

4.34

27k+

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting

Freezing Order 88%

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

by Bill Browder 2022

4.34

27k+ ratings

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting

October

by China Miéville • 2017

Ten months, one empire, and a revolution that no one had written the ending for.

3.91

7k+

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution ☭ Soviet History ✊ Revolutionary Movements

October 88%

Ten months, one empire, and a revolution that no one had written the ending for.

by China Miéville 2017

3.91

7k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Revolution ☭ Soviet History ✊ Revolutionary Movements

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

by Elisa Kriza • 2014

Solzhenitsyn became a Cold War saint. The nationalism and anti-Semitism in his work were never read.

4.5

📚 Literary Reception 🥶 Cold War Culture 🗣️ Witness Literature

Alexander Solzhenitsyn 88%

Solzhenitsyn became a Cold War saint. The nationalism and anti-Semitism in his work were never read.

by Elisa Kriza 2014

4.5

2 ratings

📚 Literary Reception 🥶 Cold War Culture 🗣️ Witness Literature

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