The Age of Assassins
Putin's Poisonous War Against Democracy
Published on 5. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-1-78334-211-2 (ISBN)
Description
Russia's attacks on democracy dominate the world news agenda after its war on and occupation of Ukraine. The Age of Assassins describes in gripping detail how Vladimir Putin destroys democracy: under the guise of manipulated elections, he and a few hundred secret service agents create fake news, plunder wealth through both sophisticated means and assassinations.
Reviews / Votes
'Required reading... A catalogue of corruption... fascinating.' Oleg Gordievsky, The Times'Crooks and killers... compelling... a clear and accurate picture... the strength of this book is research.' Vladimir Bukovsky Observer
'Contains extraordinary detail about the way this KGB clan managed to occupy an estimated 7 in 10 of all top state positions, establish control over the country's natural resources, and eliminate all rivals.' Telegraph
'Scandals in post-Soviet history... a narrative of infamy and camouflage.' Economist
'A wealth of detail... convincing as it catalogues a series of crimes... perpetrated by Putin and the FSB.' Owen Matthews, TLS
'Putin's shadowy world... unnerving... necessary reading.' Sunday Business Post
'Dodgy deals and horrible murders.. you end up wondering why quite so many of Vlad's critics have ended up dead.' New Statesman, books of the year
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78334-211-2 (9781783342112)
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Persons
Yuri Felshtinsky studied history at Brandeis University, received doctorates from Rutgers and Moscow universities, and was a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is an expert on the history of the Russian secret service from Lenin to the present time, and wrote Blowing up Russia (translated in 23 languages) with Alexander Litvinenko, for whose assassination in 2006 Vladimir Putin was responsible according to the verdict of the UK's official Litvinenko Inquiry (2016). Vladimir Pribylovsky was a historian, opposition journalist and one-time Duma candidate.
Content
Forewords
List of Abbreviations
First Prologue
Second Prologue
CHAPTER 1 Korzhakov's Conspiracy
CHAPTER 2 Who is Mr Putin?
CHAPTER 3 Putin in St. Petersburg
CHAPTER 4 Putin in Moscow
CHAPTER 5 The Second Chechen War
CHAPTER 6 "Operation Successor"
CHAPTER 7 The FSB, the Oligarchs, and the Clans
CHAPTER 8 The President's Friends or "Agents
and Objects"
CHAPTER 9 Managed Democracy
CHAPTER 10 The Suppression of the Media
CHAPTER 11 The Age of Assassins
Conclusion
Notes
Index
List of Abbreviations
First Prologue
Second Prologue
CHAPTER 1 Korzhakov's Conspiracy
CHAPTER 2 Who is Mr Putin?
CHAPTER 3 Putin in St. Petersburg
CHAPTER 4 Putin in Moscow
CHAPTER 5 The Second Chechen War
CHAPTER 6 "Operation Successor"
CHAPTER 7 The FSB, the Oligarchs, and the Clans
CHAPTER 8 The President's Friends or "Agents
and Objects"
CHAPTER 9 Managed Democracy
CHAPTER 10 The Suppression of the Media
CHAPTER 11 The Age of Assassins
Conclusion
Notes
Index