About the book: 2015 / When oil prices were high, there was a popular joke in Russia: “It turns out that Lenin’s phrase “every cook in our country can govern the state” had a continuation: “...with an oil price of 100 dollars.” In his new book, the famous publicist, historian and journalist Alexey Kungurov shows what will happen to the authorities now that the “time of cooks” is over. Will she be able to rebuild the economy in a new way, how will this affect politics, what will happen to our society and Russia in the near future? Alexey Kungurov’s conclusions are in many ways unexpected and paradoxical, but he confirms them with examples and facts from Russian life.