Stephan Orth - Behind Putin's Curtain - Friendships and Misadventures Inside Russia [aka Couchsurfing in Russia]

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Translation © 2019 by Jamie McIntosh

Originally published in German under the title Couchsurfing in Russland: Wie ich fast zum Putin-Versteher wurde by Stephan Orth © 2017 Piper Verlag GmbH, München/Berlin

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Photo credits: © Stephan Orth, except for the photos on pages 40, 48, 52, 56, and photo insert pages 1, 2 bottom, 3 top, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 16: © Gulliver Theis

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