The Prisoner

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A shocking, but also wryly humorous and ultimately upliftingmemoir of an ordinary man sentenced to lengthy and brutal imprisonment inPutin's Russia when he refused to give false evidence against Yukos ownerMikhail Khodorkovsky. Published originally in Russian in 2013, The Prisoner is the truestory of how an ordinary man's life was torn apart by the Kremlin. One day, Vladimir was a senior manager in Yukos, an oil and gas company based in Moscow, enjoying the good life, the next, he was plunged into the nightmarish world ofRussia's notoriously brutal prisons and penal colonies, including some in whichpolitical prisoner Alexei Navalny has been, and continues to be, held. His 'crime' was to have refused to give falseevidence against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky. For this, Pereverzin wassentenced to a lengthy and harsh incarceration. As Russia has adopted new laws to punish people for sharing informationabout its ongoing 'special operation' in Ukraine, Vladimir's striking memoirhas become more relevant than ever.