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It examines why these conspiracy theories have emerged and gained currency in Russia and what role intellectuals have played in this process

Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin modern russian " building giant Russian dollsMoscow 2028: Andrei Danilovich Komiaga, oprichnik, member of the czar's inner circle of trusted courtiers, rouses himself from a drunken stupor and prepares for another day of debauchery, violence, terror and beauty. In this New Russia, futuristic technology combine with the draconian world of Ivan the Terrible to create a dystopia chillingly akin to reality. Over the twenty four hour span of the novel, Komiaga will rape, pillage and torture, in the