Russian Politics

It was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin - wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented - was the love of her life and her co-ruler. Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, defining the Russian empire to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving Potemkin free to love his beautiful nieces, and Catherine her young male favourites.

Книга, на основе которой создавались, создаются и будут создаваться все новые и новые рекламные, политические и медийные технологии. Книга, которую должен знать наизусть любой политик, журналист, пиарщик или просто человек, не желающий становиться бессловесной жертвой пропаганды. Идеи-догмы и религия как способ влияния на народные массы, влияние пропаганды на настроения толпы, способы внушения массам любых, - даже самых вредных и разрушительных, - идей, - вот лишь немногие из гениальных и циничных прозрений Густава Лебона.

In the tradition of Michael Lewis and Tom Wolfe, a fascinating and frightening behind-the-scenes look at the interconnected cultures of hackers, security specialists, and law enforcement. A cybersecurity professional turned journalist, Kate Fazzini illuminates the many lies companies and governments tell us about our security, the lies criminals tell to get ahead, and the lies security leaders tell to make us think they are better at their jobs than they are.

Lured back to his boyhood Montana home, Kade's trip down memory lane isn't all fresh asphalt and sunny skies. Someone's been busy around Fort Black. The Storm Z is rallying—the international mercenary group known for their Russian ties is now a rogue element with access to compromised nuclear codes. All signs indicate an imminent launch. Then there are the shadowy criminal links to a secretive cabal. Mob ties. Cartel funding.

After decades of the Cold War and renewed tensions, in the wake of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cooperation between the United States and Russia seems impossible to imagine - and yet, as Douglas Smith reveals, it has a forgotten but astonishing historical precedent. In 1921, facing one of the worst famines in history, the new Soviet government under Vladimir Lenin invited the American Relief Administration, Herbert Hoover’s brainchild, to save communist Russia from ruin.

Самые актуальные и яркие произведения Иосифа Сталина. В настоящем сборнике вниманию слушателя предлагается несколько произведений Иосифа Виссарионовича Сталина. Одни из них широко известны - это программные работы, определявшие политику СССР. Другие - известны менее, однако они содержат мысли актуальные и в наши дни.

На тему любви написаны тысячи книг и сказано такое множество слов, что одному человеку невозможно объять все их количество. Осмыслить ее как целостный духовный феномен, стало возможным благодаря философии. Первые попытки рационального осмысления любви были предприняты в Античности: Сократ считал, что истинная любовь вдохновляет человека на поиск истины, способствует духовному росту и преодолению эгоистических устремлений. Платон первым составил ее классификацию, определив виды.

"Моя жизнь" - автобиография революционера, одного из организаторов Октябрьской революции, сыгравшего ключевую роль в создании Красной армии, Льва Троцкого (1879 - 1940).

Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms provides the first comprehensive account of what was once hailed by a leading American newspaper as the greatest spy story of World War II. This dramatic yet little-known saga, replete with telephone taps, kidnappings, and police surveillance, centres on the furtive escapades of Tyler Kent, a handsome, womanising 28-year-old Ivy League graduate who doubles as a US Embassy code clerk and Soviet agent.

Книга основана на многолетних исследованиях и интервью с израильскими лидерами и оперативниками Моссада. Авторы, имеющие доступ к секретной информации, рассказывают о важнейших операциях Моссада и о его сотрудниках, чья работа вошла в анналы истории спецслужб. «Со времен своего создания более 60 лет назад Моссад ведет бесстрашную тайную борьбу с опасностями, угрожающими Израилю.

Книгу "ВОЛЯ К ВЛАСТИ" можно считать главным трудом Ницше. Это работа, которой обязаны своим появлением почти все течения современной мысли, событие мировой культуры, оказавшее влияние на всю историю XX века.

Четвертый том Азиатской саги Джеймса Клавелла повествует о финансовых и политических интригах в Гонконге 60-х годов: советские шпионы, китайские коммунисты и тайваньские националисты сражаются за власть в Гонконге с правительством Британии, и всем им противостоит гонконгский преступный мир. «Благородный дом» – это огромный и дико увлекательный роман с кучей персонажей и сюжетных линий: целый мир, экзотический и опасный, в который можно погрузиться с головой.

After China launches its attack on Taiwan, America will respond. But how far will the US go to keep Taiwan out of Beijing’s control? Russia wants to make money selling equipment, weapons, and fuel to the Chinese war machine. But, if China wins in Taiwan, will it stop there? Or will it begin to eye the over 4,000 kilometer long border it shares with Russia? If nuclear war does break out between the US and China, will Russia be able to stay on the sidelines? This time, even Russia’s most capable agents might not be able to save their country from disaster.

Volume 1 from the five-volume Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election. This document focuses on Russian efforts to attack US election infrastructure and explains security concerns with various US voting machines, the ability for DHS to provide support to the states, and scenarios for potential disruption to future elections. To help with the listening experience, it provides a description of the amount of redacted material within the document.

China’s President faces many problems. Some, like conflict at the Indian border and in the South China Sea he created for himself. Others, like pending disasters at the Three Gorges Dam and China’s oldest nuclear plant, just happened. But the biggest threat to Communist rule is revolutionaries with Internet access through American satellites. Access that lets them spread propaganda, organize free of government surveillance, and launch cyberattacks. Four deniable Russian agents will travel to America to stop that threat.

Koktajle Molotowa, porwania, podpalenia, ostrzal z karabinów maszynowych... Sluzby milicji w Sankt Petersburgu nie maja lekko. Kamil Stochard z ABW, przybywajacy kapitanowi Sukoninowi z odsiecza, próbuje nie tylko rozwiklac kryminalne zagadki. Okazuje sie, ze przeciwko sobie maja nie tylko najwyzej postawione osoby z wladz swieckich i duchownych, ale takze guimony - magiczny pomiot Cthulu. Czym zaowocuje spotkanie z carem przestepczego podziemia - Niebieskim Krukiem? Co rosyjska policja ma za uszami? Porywajaca, wartka akcja dla milosników kryminalu i science fiction!

The first part of contemporary Russian Banking History, covering last 25 years. The collapse of the Soviet Union: from crisis at the end of the 80s to the dashing 90s in the mirror of the history of commercial banks in Russia.

U.S. Treasury agent Alexandra LaDuca ( Conspiracy in Kiev) is back crisscrossing Europe in pursuit of an ancient relic stolen from a Madrid museumand the chilling secrets behind its theft. With a new partner, danger, and betrayal at every turn, Alex must make the toughest decision of her life: whom should she trust?

Russian President Petrov is determined to restore his country’s dominance on the world stage at any price. In order to develop deadlier nuclear weapons, he recruits Ilana Rabinovich, a beautiful but lethal scientist, to infiltrate the Mossad and steal their research. What no one expects is for the Israelis to then assign her an even more dangerous mission of their own: to penetrate the US nuclear facilities in the deserts of Los Alamos. If the information falls into the wrong hands the results could be devastating.

When Ruth Miller returns a dropped scarf to Elena Shilkov, she is whisked from a dreary shared house to a world of unimagined luxury. The super-rich Russian wants a new personal assistant and won't take no for an answer. Ruth gets accommodation, a credit card and a complete wardrobe makeover. And she's good at the job; distributing gifts, attending galas, dealing with the high-society movers and shakers fighting for Elena's attention. Then the sinister truth begins to reveal itself, that nothing is quite what it seems in Elena's dangerous, deceptive world.