Náufragos del imperio

"On our continent two neighboring Slavic countries are fighting each other; one to reestablish an idealized identity and the other to forge its future identity." This is how Pilar Bonet, one of the greatest experts in recent decades on Soviet and post-Soviet territories, defines the war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to her long experience as a correspondent and analyst. Without constituting a history manual or an essay on geopolitics, these pages shed light on the roots of the conflict. From her notes in the field, her diaries and her reflections, conversations and interviews, the author constructs a kaleidoscopic story whose protagonists are not always leading personalities, but also anonymous people who have a lot to say about what what is happening. People who, with often conflicting opinions, are all "shipwrecked of the empire". In short, a book that, in addition to being fascinating, is essential to understand an era in European history, written by Pilar Bonet who was a correspondent in Moscow for 34 years.