In 2002, "Behind the Thistle", a book which has been forgotten for decades was published in Moscow and has become quite popular in modern Russia, being in its third reprinting as of 2009. Modern Eurasisnists such as Alexander Dugin have embraced "Behind the Thistle" as a visionary and prophetic book. The book's fundamental hostility and contempt towards the West and its values, especially democracy, has made it a favorite of the government of Vladimir Putin, which has brought "Behind the Thistle" back into print in 2002. Krasnov's message in the "Behind the Thistle" that extreme violence against dissidents is necessary to keep the social harmony in Russia has endeared the book to the current government in Russia. "Behind the Thistle" was satirized by the Russian novelist Vladimir Sorokin's 2006 novel "Day of the Oprichnik". "The Day of the Oprichnik" (the title is a reference to the members of the secret police of Ivan the Terrible) has the same premise and scenario as "Behind the Thistle", but what Krasnov celebrates, Sorokin mocks as the Russia of the future he depicts is as dystopian as Krasnov's Russia of the future is utopian.