PUTIN'S GIFT: RUSSIA'S ATTACK ON EUROPEAN FREEDOM

Cyber attacks, poison attacks, disinformation campaigns: The attacks on Europe's liberal democracies are no longer an abstract threat, but a reality. The Russian regime is fighting this battle fiercely. The powerful in the Kremlin are becoming increasingly aggressive in their attempts to infiltrate states and destroy weak democracies. The Russian poison is disintegrating societies by exploiting existing weaknesses and deepening rifts. Putin's attack does not stop at Germany and the EU either.
Bestselling authors and local experts Gesine Dornblüth and Thomas Franke show how Russia operates: in Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, the Baltic states and Central Asia, but also in the USA and the EU. They write about fear, history, ignorance, literature and religion, and trace how Putin's poison has already subtly eaten its way into societies.
In conversation with Cathrin Kahlweit, Dornblueth and Franke explore whether and how Western societies can recognise and counter hybrid warfare - and what the political developments behind it mean for Europe.

Gesine Dornblüth is a German radio journalist. From February 2012 to early 2017, she worked as a foreign correspondent for Deutschlandradio in Moscow and as an author and reporter for all ARD broadcasters. Dornblüth has since worked with her colleagues in the journalism office texte und töne

Thomas Franke, Author, journalist and radio producer specialising in Eastern Europe

Cathrin Kahlweit, Journalist and publicist

Gesine Dornblüth, Thomas Franke:
Beyond Putin. Russia's toxic society
Herder Verlag, 2023, 20,60 €