Writer Boris Akonin - on the closure of Novaya Gazeta "A few months ago I participated in a discussion (how tired of them!) whether the Russian Federation should still be considered an authoritarian state or already a totalitarian state. No, it shouldn't, argued my learned opponent. And he cited the existence of Novaya Gazeta as evidence: they say that in a totalitarian state the existence of such a media is impossible. Novaya Gazeta has indeed seemed like a strange aberration in recent years. Now everything falls into place. I hope there will be no further discussion on this issue. The newspaper is closed and the issue is closed." Read in full on the Hed Books website by Boris Akonin with delivery to all of Europe and America.

Writer Boris Akonin - on the closure of Novaya Gazeta "A few months ago I participated in a discussion (how tired of them!) whether the Russian Federation should still be considered an authoritarian state or already a totalitarian state. No, it shouldn't, argued my learned opponent. And he cited the existence of Novaya Gazeta as evidence: they say that in a totalitarian state the existence of such a media is impossible. Novaya Gazeta has indeed seemed like a strange aberration in recent years. Now everything falls into place. I hope there will be no further discussion on this issue. The newspaper is closed and the issue is closed." Read in full on the Hed Books website by Boris Akonin with delivery to all of Europe and America.