Review
A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 A NPR Great Read of 2015 "[Soldatov and Borogan] pull at the roots of the surveillance system in Russia today, and their research leads them quickly to the paranoid society of the Soviet Union." --The Wall Street Journal
"A well researched and disturbing book by two brave Russian authors." --The Economist
"A gripping book about of the internet and its censorship in post-Soviet Russia... Having covered technology and the security services from the start of their careers in the 1990s, the two Russian journalists have accumulated expert knowledge few can match. And yet they have written a book not for geeks but for anyone who wants to understand how their country works." --Financial Times
"A masterful study of the struggle between the Kremlin's desire to control information and the unruly world of ordinary digital citizens." --The Guardian (UK)
"Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan's The Red Web could not be more timely. It is a meticulously researched and highly readable history of Russian online communication, from its birth in the twilight of Soviet power to the flourishing social networks and varied blogposts of today." --Daniel Treisman, Digital Russia
"[An] excellent, highly readable tale of the ongoing struggle to control digital life in Russia. ...[Soldatov and Borogan] have gone on to become foremost experts on the Russian secret services, and count among the country's few remaining practicing investigative journalists." --Los Angeles Review of Books
"Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, two of Russia's top investigative journalists specializing in espionage, have given us a thrilling account of the online war between Russian surveillance and digital protesters. ... A superb book by two brave journalists. It deserves to be widely read because it asks profound questions about freedom and the future of the internet." --International Affairs
"Having demonstrated the resurgent power of Russia's secret services in their first book, The New Nobility, Soldatov and Borogan devote much of The Red Web to tracing the roots of modern Russia's surveillance programs back to the KGB. It is a convincing effort, as the authors take the reader back to the 1950s and show how, for more than six decades, the Soviet and then Russian state sought to apply its best minds and, eventually, its best technology to the task of knowing who was doing what, when, where and why." --OpenDemocracy
"[Soldatov and Borogan]'s incisive and alarming investigation into the Kremlin's massive online-surveillance state exposes just how easily a free global exchange can be coerced into becoming a tool of repression and geopolitical warfare." --ANONYMOUS
"The Red Web examines Putin's power grabs and the Russian government's use of surveillance, overt censorship, and intimidation through technology in recent years." --Publishers Weekly
"Riveting... A sad story for supporters of Internet freedom. The authors describe how a relentless security apparatus supported by armies of 'patriotic citizen hackers' deploys unevenly against Russian activists and journalists, resulting in state intimidation, detention, and likely murder." --Library Journal, Starred Review
"Russia hands and Net neutrality advocates alike will find plenty to intrigue in this report from the front lines." --Kirkus Reviews
"Russian journalists expose Internet censorship and surveillance in Putin's Russia." --Shelf Awareness, Starred Review "[Andrei Soldatov is] the single most prominent critic of Russia's surveillance apparatus." --Edward Snowden
"If you want to know the history of Russian intelligence, look no further. Revealing, new, and rich in detail. From simple surveillance to electronic snooping Russian-style, a gripping and important study. This is a book you hope Russian officials don't find in your luggage." --Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent, NBC News
Book Description
This incisive investigation into the Kremlin's massive online surveillance state and the activists and rebels trying to take it down shows how either Russia will break the internet, or the internet will break Russia.
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