PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CAST OF CHARACTERS
CHAPTER 1
Russia’s Dark Side
A Land in the Grip of a Brutal History
CHAPTER 2
How Putin Got Elected
Boris Yeltsin Finds a Guarantor in a Man from Nowhere
CHAPTER 3
Getting to Know The Putin
Morning in Russia—at a Price
CHAPTER 4
Nikolai
The First Victim of Deliberate Nuclear Poisoning
CHAPTER 5
Nord-Ost
Once Again, Mother Russia Fails Her People
CHAPTER 6
The Exiles
Boris Berezovsky and the Sanctuary of London
CHAPTER 7
The Crusading American
Paul Klebnikov and Glorious Russia
CHAPTER 8
Murder on an Elevator
Anna Politkovskaya and the Voiceless of Russia
CHAPTER 9
The Traitor
Alexander Litvinenko: A Defector in London
CHAPTER 10
Polonium
The World Is Witness to an Assassination
EPILOGUE
Exit Mr. Putin
Marina Litvinenko Carries On
The Continuing Fear
Remembrance
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
Introduction
Chapter 1: Russia’s Dark Side
Chapter 2: How Putin Got Elected
Chapter 3: Getting to Know The Putin
Chapter 4: Nikolai
Chapter 5: Nord-Ost
Chapter 6: The Exiles
Chapter 7: The Crusading American
Chapter 8: Murder on an Elevator
Chapter 9: The Traitor
Chapter 10: Polonium
Epilogue
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTE ON SOURCES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Copyright
