Dancing With Spies

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>In these memoirs prominent Russian journalist Andrei Ostalski tells the story of his life on the border between truth and lies in some of the world's most dangerous places.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>As Middle East correspondent for the Soviet TASS news agency he experienced disturbing and often traumatic encounters with the shadowy world of international espionage where normal rules and laws - legal and moral - don't apply. Following the collapse of Communist rule Ostalski became Foreign Editor of <em>Izvestia</em> in Moscow a world-renowned liberal newspaper at the time.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>After moving to the UK he worked as editor of the BBC's Russian Service and later as a freelance commentator on Russian affairs. He has published 18 books in Russian; this is his second in English.</strong></p>