The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin: How Scary Are Russia's New Rulers?: The Story of Russia's Secret Takeover

by Yuri Felshtinsky (Author), Vladimir Pribylovsky (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $16.78

  Using Alexander Litvinenko's testimony, Yuri Felshtinsky wrote the international bestseller Blowing up Russia about the rigged election of Vladimir Putin in 2001.In his exceptional new book, The Age of Assassins , Felshtinsky investigates how Russia under Putin became the first country in history to be ruled by its secret service. Using first-hand information from former oligarchs and KGB spies, he describes how the power has shifted away from the oligarchs to a small network of spies. Together they have created a power that was unimaginable even under Russian Communism.