About the book: 2014 / Edward Lucas is an influential English journalist and publicist, editor of the international department of The Economist magazine. He is the author of two investigative books about Putin's Russia: "New Cold War" ("New Cold War: How the Kremlin Threatens Russia and the West") and "Deception" ("Deception: Spies, Lies - How Russia is Fooling the West"). Lucas expresses the views of that part of the British establishment that is negatively disposed towards Putin's political regime. The book presented to your attention contains articles by E. Lucas over the past four years. The main theme of these articles is the confrontation between Russia and the West, which, according to the author, has never stopped. In its most dramatic form, this confrontation manifested itself in Ukraine - Lucas shows how this conflict developed, gives portraits of its main participants, and evaluates the actions of the Russian side. The author comes to the conclusion that Putin beat the West in Ukraine, and this gives the Russian president a free hand for further actions. Where will Putin's next victory be won? E. Lucas makes his forecast for the future.