Åsne Seierstad, born in Oslo in 1970, has worked as a correspondent and war reporter for various international newspapers. She has received numerous awards for her work as a journalist and author. “Der Buchhändler aus Kabul” (2002) and “Einer von uns” (2016) became international bestsellers, and “Einer von uns” won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2018. Her most recent books are “Land der vielen Wahrheiten. Drei Leben in Afghanistan” (2023) and her new book “Der Krieg ist anderswo – Russland von innen” (2026). This work of reportage asks how Russian society relates to Putin’s rule and the war against Ukraine. It begins with a young Russian who fought with the Wagner Group in Ukraine and flees to Norway in January 2023. Starting from his story, Seierstad travels across Russia, from Siberia to the major cities. She meets fanatics, conformists and dissidents, and paints a portrait of a divided society that enables Putin’s course.