Arkady Ostrovsky,Russia and East European editor for The Economist, examines the struggle between Russian reformers and nationalists and gives an inside examine at Valdimir Putin's 16-year reign in The Invention of Russia: The Journey from Gorbachev’s Freedom to Putin’s War, and which won the 2016 Orwell Prize for political writing. Event: Arkady Ostrovsky will be speaking at The Carnegie Council (170 E 64th Street,between Lexington and 3rd) on Thursday, June 9th at 6 p.m.
Source: wnyc.org