The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir PutinKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016-08-23 - 592 psl. As the world struggles to confront a bolder Russia, the importance of understanding the formidable and ambitious Vladimir Putin has never been greater. This gripping narrative of Putin's rise to power recounts Putin's origins—from his childhood of abject poverty in Leningrad to his ascent through the ranks of the KGB, and his eventual consolidation of rule in the Kremlin. |
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A Warm Heart a Cool Head and Clean Hands | 23 |
The Devoted Officer of a Dying Empire | 37 |
Democracy Faces a Hungry Winter | 52 |
The Spies Come In from the Cold | 71 |
Mismanaged Democracy | 89 |
An Unexpected Path to Power | 104 |
Swimming in the Same River Twice | 119 |
CHAPTER 9 | 136 |
The 2008 Problem | 323 |
PART FOUR | 343 |
The Regency | 345 |
Action Man | 360 |
The Return | 379 |
PART FIVE | 399 |
The Restoration | 401 |
Alone on Olympus | 418 |
In the Outhouse | 154 |
Becoming Portugal | 177 |
Putins Soul | 203 |
The Gods Slept on Their Heads | 223 |
Annus Horribilis | 243 |
The Orange Contagion | 263 |
Kremlin Inc | 281 |
Poison | 304 |
Putingrad | 434 |
Our Russia | 457 |
Acknowledgments | 483 |
Notes | 487 |
Bibliography | 535 |
545 | |