Daily: BACK IN THE USSR? Author Sergei Lebedev on Russia’s unquiet past

<p>Novelist <strong>Sergei Lebedev</strong> writes forensically detailed books which uncover how Soviet history still exerts its power on modern Russians. According to the <em>New York</em> <em>Review of Books</em> he’s “the best of Russia’s younger generation of writers.” He talks to Alex Andreou about his latest novel, the COVID-relevant thriller <a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sergei-Lebedev/Untraceable/25333988" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Untraceable</em></a>; precarious life in the new Russia; and how the Soviet Union might be dead but it’s never truly buried.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“<em>I’m witnessing my country returning to its past. And I wouldn’t want to be a person who does nothing about it”</em></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>