Summary
"The first comprehensive, fully up-to-date biography of Vladimir Putin, woven into the tumultuous saga of Russia over the last sixty years. Vladimir Putin is wreaking havoc in Europe, threatening global peace and stability and exposing his fellow citizens to devastating economic countermeasures. Yet... Full description
- Prologue
- Baskov Lane
- Legal niceties
- The big house
- Quiet days in Saxony
- The grey cardinal
- The view from the Neva
- Moscow rules
- The cap of Monomakh
- Power vertical
- The bonfire of illusions
- The Russian idea
- Body politic
- Tandemocracy
- The straightjacket tightens
- Payback
- Nemtsov, wild boar sausages and the end of liberalism
- The endgame
- Afterword.