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television producer and author
Television producer in London and author of Nothing Is True and Everything in Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
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Peter Pomerantsev
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FROM Peter Pomerantsev
To the Point
Girls, Glitter and Gangsters in Putin's Russia Peter Pomerantsev worked for ten years as a television producer in modern Russia, as he puts it, “pushing [his] way into people’s lives, trying to get as close to things as possible. Now he’s written a book with a title that summarizes his conclusions. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible ” is subtitled “The Surreal Heart of the New Russia.” Pomerantsev, who now lives in London, opens our eyes to a surreal world of gangsters, prostitutes, impoverished grandmothers and new millionaires. (This conversation originally aired November 28, 2014.)
To the Point
Girls, Glitter and Gangsters in Putin's Russia Peter Pomerantsev worked for ten years as a television producer in modern Russia, as he puts it, “pushing [his] way into people’s lives, trying to get as close to things as possible. Now he’s written a book with a title that summarizes his conclusions. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible ” is subtitled “The Surreal Heart of the New Russia.” Pomerantsev, who now lives in London, opens our eyes to a surreal world of gangsters, prostitutes, impoverished grandmothers and new millionaires.
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