About the book: 2010 / Why has Russia, which our rulers called the “island of prosperity,” today slid into the abyss of the global economic crisis? Why does the Russian Federation lack an internal reserve of economic and social strength? The author believes that the reason is a strategic error, in the government’s transition to a neoliberal capitalist model of society. The book, based on a wealth of factual material, traces the history of the decline in the level and quality of life of the majority of our fellow citizens, the construction of pseudo-democracy in the country, and changes in the value orientations of the Russian population. On a strictly scientific and documentary basis, an analysis was carried out of the historical changes that have taken place over the past two decades, the crown of which was the construction of Russian society of peripheral capitalism. The book is addressed to all those who know how and want to think, who care about the fate of our Fatherland and their fellow citizens..