The Age of Assassins
How Scary are Russia's New Rulers?
Published on 3. March 2008
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Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-906142-15-5 (ISBN)
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How did Vladimir Putin amass a fortune larger than oligarchs such as Roman Abramovich? For whom was dictator Pinochet a guiding example? What will Russia be like after Putin? Why was Dmitri Medvedev, the legal architect of secret joint-ventures between Putin's St Petersburg department and convicted criminals, earmarked to become the next President of Russia? Why did the popular 'spitting-image' puppet show 'Kukly' ('Dolls') have to disappear from Russian TV? The answers lie with the Russian secret service - like the Gestapo and Waffen SS a merciless instrument of oppression that aims to control, subjugate, destroy and kill. Instituted by Lenin in 1917, its treacherous character proved indestructible after communism. Broken up by Yeltsin into smaller parts, its full powers were revived by Vladimir Putin during the eight years of his Presidency.
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Yuri Felshtinsky was a fellow at the Hoover Institute. He was a close friend of Litvinenko's, and he wrote the bestseller Blowing up Russia about the rigged election of Vladimir Putin.
Content
Introduction1 War of the KGB Clans2 St Petersburg Mafia and Chekists3 Moscow Fleshpots4 The Russian Pinochet5 Putin's Kremlin6 The Magic Wand7 Vertical Democracy8 The Self-Censor9 Where Are the Bodies?10 Rewards for Old FriendsConclusionAppendix (Cheka--What's in a Name?, The St Petersburg Crime RingThe Kuchma Tapes, Human Rights in Russia)NotesAbbreviationsIndex