Tony Wood is a British-Mexican political writer on Russia.
His 2018 book, ''Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War'', has been described by
U.S. Russia policy expert
Richard Lourie as a "maverick book," used "not to build a case against
Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...
, nor to forecast Russia's fate after his departure", but rather as a "battle cry of the opposition" against a media and public that is 'overly fixated' on the man. Wood "refutes the idea that today’s standoff is a
new Cold War
The Second Cold War,
Cold War II,
or the New Cold War
are terms that refer to heightened political, social, ideological, informational, and military tensions in the 21st century. The term is used in the context of the tensions between th ...
: it lacks any clear ideological dimension," according to
Maria Lipman
Maria Alexandrovna Lipman (; born 1952) is a Russian journalist, political scientist and US—Russia policy expert, who edited the magazine of the Carnegie Moscow Center until 2014, and who writes for Foreign Affairs and other publications, and ...
's review, and furthermore, "the kind of capitalism found in Russia today is directly descended from the postcommunist order installed by Putin’s predecessor,
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
. Putin has just consolidated and prolonged Yeltsin’s regime", and the "system will outlast him."
Published works
* ''Chechnya: The Case for Independence'' (2007)
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Russian political writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people