viii, 369 pages :illustrations ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Covert violence as a Kremlin tradition --How the system works : Putin and his security services --Galina Starovoitova : Putin's first victim? --Terror in Russia : September 1999 --Silencing critics --Mafia-style killings in Moscow : Kozlov and Politkovskaya --The Litvinenko story --The poisoning --Continued onslaught against Kremlin challengers --Boris Berezovsky : suicide or murder? --The Boston Marathon bombings : Russia's footprint --Another democrat falls victim : the Nemtsov murder and its aftermath --Kadyrov, Putin, and power in the Kremlin.
1.Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,--1952-1.Political violence--Russia (Federation)2.Assassination--Russia (Federation)3.State sponsored terrorism--Russia (Federation)4.Secret service--Russia (Federation)Dynamic Details