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Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan: The Red Web - The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries

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Investigative journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan offer an unprecedented report of the resurrection of the Russian security state—from its Soviet-era transformation to the present day, where Vladimir Putin's clandestine intelligence agencies wield increasing power over the Internet and dissent. The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both.

Date: Time: - Location: South Building, Room S354
The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries

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Investigative journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan offer an unprecedented report of the resurrection of the Russian security state—from its Soviet-era transformation to the present day, where Vladimir Putin's clandestine intelligence agencies wield increasing power over the Internet and dissent. The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by which totalitarianism will be overthrown. Perhaps both. In The Red Web, Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan expose both how easily a free global exchange can be coerced into becoming a tool of geopolitical warfare—and the Russian government's battle with the future of the Internet.

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