Yuri Polyakov not only belongs to the number of readable and revered prose writers, he is also one of the brightest and sharpest modern publicists, whose articles arouse the constant delight of readers and the same persistent displeasure of the powers that be. In 1993, because of the article “The opposition is dead. Long live the opposition!” the Kremlin authorities were even going to close Komsomolskaya Pravda. The book “Pornocracy” includes articles written by the author from 1986 to 2004. Collected together, they form an honest chronicle of our troubled times and can serve as a kind of textbook for modern political history.