{{short description|2011 book by Luke Harding}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox book | italic title = <!--(see above)--> | name = Mafia State: How one reporter became an enemy of the brutal new Russia | image = File:Mafia State (book).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | author = Luke Harding | audio_read_by = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | release_number = | subjects = Espionage, politics of Russia | set_in = | published = London | publisher = Guardian Books | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback) | pages = 310 | awards = | isbn = 9780852652497 | oclc = | dewey = 327.120947 | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}
'''''Mafia State: How one reporter became an enemy of the brutal new Russia''''' is a 2011 book by British journalist Luke Harding.
==Synopsis== ''Mafia State'' recounts Harding's period as Russia correspondent for Britain's ''Guardian'' newspaper and the surveillance and espionage he was subject to; he alleges the Federal Security Service (FSB) was involved.
==Reception== In ''The Guardian'' A.D. Miller wrote "the importance of Luke Harding's book lies in its first-hand account of a relatively mild but telling bout of state-sponsored harassment"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/oct/21/mafia-state-luke-harding-review|title = Mafia State by Luke Harding - review|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 21 October 2011}}</ref> whilst in the ''New Statesman'' David Clark of the Russian Foundation described the book as "absorbing" and wrote "the author's descriptive powers and his insights into the mentality and techniques of Putinism are enough to make Mafia State an essential read, but events have conspired to make it a timely one as well".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2011/10/russia-mafia-harding-putin|title = Mafia State}}</ref> A lengthy review was also published in the ''London Review of Books''.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n01/stephen-holmes/fragments-of-a-defunct-state|title=Fragments of a Defunct State|journal=London Review of Books|date=5 January 2012|volume=34|issue=1|last1=Holmes|first1=Stephen}}</ref>
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Category:2011 non-fiction books Category:Books about intelligence agencies Category:Books about post-Soviet Russia Category:English-language non-fiction books Category:English non-fiction books Category:Guardian Books books Category:Non-fiction books about espionage Category:The Guardian
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