12 Who Don't Agree: The Battle for Freedom in Putin's Russia

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The battle for freedom in Putin's Russia. Twelve Russians from across the country's social spectrum all have one thingin common: their participation in the historic March of the Dissidents. Held in 2007 to protest the eroding state of affairs in Russia, the march washeld in flagrant violation of increasingly stringent laws forbidding publicdemonstrations. Though each of these men and women had personal reasonsfor joining the demonstration, they shared a belief that the government ofVladimir Putin was betraying the promise of Russia's future. Risking the threats and violent retaliation inflicted on Russian journalists whodare to question the powers that be, Panyushkin boldly illuminates the livesand convictions of these twelve brave men and women.

Valery Panyushkin is a well-known, and widely translated, journalist and writer. He is the author of eleven books, two of which are about the Russian opposition movement, and the latest, Prison Cell #18, about repression and torture in Belarus. Panyushkin is the recipient of the Golden Pen of Russia award. He lives in Moscow. Marian Schwartz is the principal English translator of Nina Berberova, and has translated classics by Mikhail Bulgakov, Ivan Goncharov, Mikhail Lermontov, and Leo Tolstoy. She is the recipient of two NEA translation fellowships and a past presi- dent of the American Literary Translators.

"A powerful interwoven narrative." * Publishers Weekly * "Panyushkin writes in vivid tableaux." * Los Angeles Times *