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The Long Hangover: Putin's New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past by Shaun Walker tarkovsky To make sense of Russia'sIn The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker provides a deeply reported, bottom up explanation of Russia's resurgence under Putin. By cleverly exploiting the memory of the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II, Putin's regime has made ordinary Russians feel that their country is great again. Shaun Walker provides new insight into contemporary Russia and its search for a new identity, telling the story through the country's troubled relationship with its