Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

‘An original and deeply knowledgeable take on Russia today from the UK's leading expert on Russian politics.’Edwin Bacon, University of Lincoln‘In this important and engaging book, Sakwa lays low all-too-prevalent simplistic beliefs about Russia and its goals under Putin. Presenting a complex, developed society and a state struggling to create a Russian version of modernity, Russia’s Futures provocatively calls for rethinking “Europe”, the global order, and Russia’s possible place therein.’Henry Hale, The George Washington University

• PrefaceIntroduction: multiple pasts and many futures1. Getting Russia right2. Power and ideas3. Economy and development4. State, people and the future5. Making Russia great again6. Russia’s futuresConclusion: Russia as challenger and challengedNotesIndex

Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

‘An original and deeply knowledgeable take on Russia today from the UK's leading expert on Russian politics.’Edwin Bacon, University of Lincoln‘In this important and engaging book, Sakwa lays low all-too-prevalent simplistic beliefs about Russia and its goals under Putin. Presenting a complex, developed society and a state struggling to create a Russian version of modernity, Russia’s Futures provocatively calls for rethinking “Europe”, the global order, and Russia’s possible place therein.’Henry Hale, The George Washington University

• PrefaceIntroduction: multiple pasts and many futures1. Getting Russia right2. Power and ideas3. Economy and development4. State, people and the future5. Making Russia great again6. Russia’s futuresConclusion: Russia as challenger and challengedNotesIndex