Mikhail Zygar presents his new book “Тёмная сторона Земли” with a reading-performance based on five plays from the book, exploring the unfinished collapse of the Soviet Union, imperial ideas, and figures like Gorbachev, Sakharov, Solzhenitsyn, and Vysotsky. Format: live reading by author and guest actor, followed by dialogue and Q&A. Unique guest in Riga: Chulpan Khamatova, actress, theater and film star, laureate of Nika, Golden Mask awards, co-founder of Podari Zhizn charity. Mikhail Zygar: journalist, author of bestsellers like “Вся кремлёвская рать”. After the performance, book talk and signing.