The end of Atlantis. Why Putin will never become Gorbachev

The new book of Alexander Khinshtein is dedicated to one of the most tragic pages of Russian history - the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991. This is not only an attempt to impartially understand the reasons for the collapse of a great country, it is also sensational certificates, documents and photographs with the stamp: "Top Secret" received from various archives of Russia.
The main question raised by a famous politician is how to avoid repeating such a scenario in the future, because mines laid down under the foundation of the USSR, in his opinion, continue to tickle threateningly ...
The purpose of this book is to prove that if in March 1985 the new leader of the USSR was not Mikhail Gorbachev, but Vladimir Putin, the whole further history would move along a different path, because for all its criticality the situation in the country did not go then neither In what comparison with the most severe inheritance that Putin will go in 15 years. Gorbachev had enough only 5-6 years to hide in dying convulsions, and Putin managed to get Russia out of steep peak for the same 5-6, returning to people a forgotten sense of stability and national dignity.
Comparing the steps of one president with another, moving them through space and time, the author clearly demonstrates: the USSR was by no means doomed to collapse, moreover, contrary to the abnormal opinion, he was still quite viable, even his crashes could not predict the CIA analysts. ...
Author: Alexander Khinshtein is one of the most famous Russian publicists, a recognized master of journalistic investigations, State Duma deputy of three convocations, a popular politician. For many years, for him there are no closed doors and inaccessible topics, and his books invariably occupy the upper lines of reader ratings