How did Vladimir Putin galvanise the Russianpeople to back his genocidal war in Ukraine andwhy are so many of them willing to embracefascism? This vivid, on-the-ground narrativereveals how Russias fascist generation cameinto beingand the dark future that awaits thecountry if that hold cannot be broken.Wartime Russia is drowning in fascist symbols.Zealous patriots attack journalists, oppositionactivists, and anyone suspected of betrayingthe motherland. Russians are urged to jointhe cause by hordes of online trolls and sleekvideos of angry young men bellowing patrioticslogans. State television terrifies viewers withtrumped up tales of anti-Russian conspiraciesand genocidal yearnings. Child soldiers proudlyparade across Red Square. This is Russia inthe 2020s: a land of performative rage andnationalist untruth, where play-acting, pretenceand broken promises are a way of life. But ina world where pretence has become the norm,a terrifying, apocalyptic mindset is seizing theRussians of tomorrow.As enrapturing as it is terrifying,Z Generationreveals how Russia ended up where it is today,and where its young people are headed: afascist generation more zealous, violent andideological than anything the country has seenbefore.

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Ian Garner's research focuses on Soviet and Russian war propaganda. The author of Stalingrad Lives: Stories of Combat and Survival, he studied at the Universities of Bristol and Toronto, and at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory.