About the book: 2014 / Igor Vilenovich Eidman is a popular Russian journalist and sociologist, a recognized expert on the development of Internet social networks. Igor Eidman is one of the political and public figures who are in opposition to Vladimir Putin. In his book, I. Eidman clearly, sharply and convincingly shows how the Russian political system has deformed in the last two years. The strengthening of Putin’s personal power regime has had a detrimental effect on the development of our country, the author writes. Putin's autocracy has not been able to solve any of Russia's pressing problems - neither in the field of economics, nor in the field of social relations, nor in the field of foreign policy. As for the events in Ukraine, they have become a kind of indicator of serious problems in the mechanism of not only this neighboring state, but also Russia itself. Vladimir Putin’s attempts to create a “new national ideology of Russia” are fraught with even more serious consequences. Its foundation is chauvinism, the most dangerous “patriotic games” that threaten war. The author believes that in the coming years mass hysteria of hatred against external and internal “enemies” will be whipped up in Russia, and we should expect increased punitive measures against people declared national traitors