Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-543) and index.
Contents:
Part one. Homo sovieticus ; A warm heart, a cool head, and clean hands ; The devoted officer of a dying empire ; Democracy faces a hungry winter -- Part two. The spies come in from the cold ; Mismanaged democracy ; An unexpected path to power ; Swimming in the same river twice ; Kompromat ; In the outhouse -- Part three. Becoming Portugal ; Putin's soul ; The gods slept on their heads ; Annus horribilis ; The orange contagion ; Kremlin, Inc. ; Poison ; The 2008 problem -- Part four. The regency ; Action man ; The return -- Part five. The restoration ; Alone on Olympus ; Putingrad ; Our Russia.
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