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The book tells the story of modern-day Russia on a world stage, as seen from the Russian perspective. A vocal activist of the Russian diaspora in London, the author sets out the historic background to the Russian prevailing worldview, and explains the Russian sentiment on issues of public interest, including: Putin, Democracy, sex and relationships, Gay rights, Ukraine and Crimea, U.S. sanctions, the 2016 Presidential elections, et cetera. Stories of Boris Berezovsky, Boris Nemtsov, the novichok poisonings, and the current situation around Alexey Navalny, who has once been among the author's personal friends, are set up and explained as they are viewed by the majority in Russia. The author goes into detail concerning history, origins and chaotic nature of the Russian sanctions in the United States, using the stories of certain specific sanctioned individuals, and the effects the sanctions are having on the country and its elites. She debunks certain myths of Russiagate, explaining, for example, the error in translation of Putin's statement at the Putin-Trump summit in Helsinki press-conference, as well as setting why the common Western understanding of how Russian interference in the 2016 election may have worked, is implausible. As a recurring storytelling device, the author uses her family's history in the Soviet Union, her privileged childhood, her memories of the USSR's collapse, and later the story of her own adventures in Russia and its politics.