Andreï A. Kovalev is a former member of the secretariat of President Mikhail Gorbachev. He worked in the Soviet and Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the staff of the Security Council of the Russian Federation during the Yeltsin and Putin administrations. He is the author of two books in Russian on politics.
Andreï Kovalev has drawn on his remarkable career at the highest
level of Russian politics from Gorbachev to Putin to give a picture
of both successes and disappointments. This is a book written from
the heart by a diplomat of acute intelligence. Kovalev rode the
steed of Russian public affairs till his conscience told him to
dismount, and this exceptional book explains his reasons."" -
Robert Service, emeritus professor of Russian history at St.
Antony’s College, Oxford University, and senior fellow of the
Hoover Institution at Stanford University
""Andreï Kovalev loves Russia, a different Russia, an open and
democratic one, where human rights are respected. His book is a
must-read for those who want to understand the most recent history
of Russia and who share his love and indignation over how the
efforts to democratize his country were ruined by a small yet
powerful corrupt clique."" - Robert van Voren, professor of Soviet
and post-Soviet studies, Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas,
Lithuania
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