Review: The Man Without a Face, The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin, by Masha Gessen, Granta, 2012.

By John Murray.

A new book by author Greg Simon charts the attempts by the Russian government to control the media narrative of its war in Chechnya. Mass Media and Modern Warfare: Reporting on the Russian War on Terrorism details how Russian censorship faces a new challenge in the form of the internet. Review by John Murray.