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A Long Night of Chaos by Paul Clark
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In the vacuum left by the break-up of the Soviet Union, long-suppressed national rivalries are poised to wreak havoc.
A leading Communist contacts Olympic hero Ruslan Shanidza. He begs him to use his popularity among different ethnic groups to halt the slide to civil war.
So begins a fraught peace mission that takes Ruslan deep into the conflict zone. But how far can he trust his Communist ally? What is his real agenda? And how can Ruslan protect himself against the brutal fanatics on both sides who want him out of the way so they can get on with their war?
680 episoder
Manage episode 425673170 series 3274270
In the vacuum left by the break-up of the Soviet Union, long-suppressed national rivalries are poised to wreak havoc.
A leading Communist contacts Olympic hero Ruslan Shanidza. He begs him to use his popularity among different ethnic groups to halt the slide to civil war.
So begins a fraught peace mission that takes Ruslan deep into the conflict zone. But how far can he trust his Communist ally? What is his real agenda? And how can Ruslan protect himself against the brutal fanatics on both sides who want him out of the way so they can get on with their war?
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