# The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia and then came to symbolise its moral decay – an Audio Long Read podcast

An episode of [Weekend](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1608043151), 5 Apr 2025, 36 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/04/03-30274-gdn.wkd.050425.NA.repeat_SOPHIE_PINKHAM_RUSSIA.mp3

Victor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with his scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sells millions. Has he become a Kremlin apologist? There are more Audio Long Reads here, or search Audio Long Read wherever you listen to your podcasts

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