Free Chapter of The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
Andrei Alekseyevich Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist and Russian security services expert. What new knowledge did you gain whilst writing the book? Journalists tend to be pessimistic, and we are no exception. The building on the compound was first erected in 1884 for a Russian Orthodox Church seminary. The seminary was turned into a prison for adolescents. Then, in the 1940s, it was transformed again. The building stood on the outskirts of a small village, Marfino, which had just one cobblestone road....