The investigations of an American in Moscow in the 1990’s, a banker and investor, who came from the civil rights and antiwar movement. 

A window into Russia’s romance with Western culture and individualism, and the anvil of repression on which that impulse is being crushed. 

A dive into the crippling effect of dirty money, money stolen from the country, on the political order – and on the Western countries that are targets of Russia’s autocracy. 

A study of the many liberation struggles in the US and the repressed but determined spirit of the Russian opposition, whose lives matter. 

A celebration of the art and creativity of Russia’s artists and writers, and their ability to distill the best in human beings into great cultural statements.

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