Book Talk: The Tragedy of Property: Private Life, Ownership, and the Russian State
Maxim Trudolyubov will use private property as a lens to spotlight the most important features that distinguish Russia as a political culture.
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Overview
In many Western societies, private property has acted as the citizen’s bulwark against the state. In Russia, by contrast, authorities mostly use it as a tool of governance. Moreover, the concept of private property in Russia has considerably evolved over time, and even today not all properties are created equal. To mark the publication of the English translation of his book The Tragedy of Property: Private Life, Ownership, and the Russian State, Maxim Trudolyubov used private property as a lens to spotlight the most important features that distinguish Russia as a political culture.
Speaker
Maxim Trudolyubov
Editor-at-Large, Meduza
Maxim Trudolyubov is a Senior Fellow at the Kennan Institute and the Editor-at-Large of Meduza. Mr. Trudolyubov was the editorial page editor of Vedomosti between 2003 and 2015. He has been a contributing opinion writer for The International New York Times since the fall of 2013. Mr. Trudolyubov writes The Russia File blog for the Kennan Institute and oversees special publications.
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