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"Preemnik. Istorija Borisa Nemtsova i strany, v kotoroj on ne stal prezidentom" - ne tolko biografija. Izvestnyj zhurnalist Mikhail Fishman rasskazyvaet i o Nemtsove, i o Rossii. Eto puteshestvie po istorii strany, zakhvatyvajuschee vse kljuchevye sobytija nachinaja s gorbachevskoj perestrojki, kogda Nemtsov prishel v politiku, i zakanchivaja ego ubijstvom na Moskvoretskom mostu 27 fevralja 2015 goda. Osnovannaja na sotnjakh intervju i arkhivnykh materialakh, eta kniga - o tom, kak Rossija stala svobodnoj stranoj i kak ona shag za shagom terjala obretennuju svobodu.

When did Russia lose its chance of freedom? 1990: As a new openness sweeps Russia, a talented young physicist, Boris Nemtsov, begins his career in politics. Charismatic, confident, liberal and vehemently opposed to corruption, he swiftly rises to prominence. For the first time, another future seems possible. 2015: Putin holds the country in the grip of tyranny once more. Nemtsov, now his fiercest and most unrelenting opponent, is assassinated on a Moscow bridge. This is the story of how a nation's dreams of democracy died. Drawing on buried archives and off-the-record interviews, exiled journalist Mikhail Fishman gives a gripping insider account of the tragedy of modern Russia, told through many lives of Boris Nemtsov - activist, playboy, leader-in-waiting, dissident and, finally, victim. From the economic reforms under Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin's oligarchy, through two wars in Chechnya and the invasion of Ukraine, this is the story of a man fired by the belief that Russia could, still, have another future.