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The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia and then came to symbolise its moral decay – an Audio Long Read podcast

Weekend by The Guardian

Apr 5, 202500:35:54News & Politics

Victor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with his scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sells millions. Has he become a Kremlin apologis...

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The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia and then came to symbolise its moral decay – an Audio Long Read podcast is an episode from Weekend by The Guardian. Victor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with his scathing satires of a...

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Published Apr 5, 2025, 00:35:54 long, audio available.