Description | Justin Lifflander moved to Moscow in the fall of 1987, armed with a degree in Soviet Studies, enough Russian to dodge a traffic ticket, and a yearning to become a US intelligence officer. Things didn’t work out as he planned. He tells the story of the warming relations between the super powers—first from the perspective of an embassy driver, then as a missile inspector in the provincial town of Votkinsk, trusting but verifying INF Treaty implementation. Thirty years later— still in Russia— career and family have given him a broad set of friends, acquaintances and experiences that provide for a unique view of Russia’s relations with the rest of the world. |
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