A very interesting lecture by Akunin in Amsterdam (in English). Boris Akunin pondered why whatever we build in Russia, it always ends up as a lack of free will with elements of folk dance. And if a writer asks a question, he usually writes a book about it” (с). And Akunin wrote 5 books “The History of the Russian State” (I have read two of them). He says that by the third book, a pattern began to emerge.”
“According to Akunin, the cycle that our long-suffering country experiences at every stage (totalitarianism — weakening — attempt at liberalization — reaction — totalitarianism) is linked to the fact that we constantly return to the khanate model of governance”
A very interesting lecture indeed. And a nice addition to the book “Russian Management Model” by the economist Alexander Prokhorov (
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