Putin's Killers: The Kremlin and the art of political assassination

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: Covert Violence As a Kremlin Tradition -- 2: How the System Works: Putin and His Security Services -- 3: Galina Starovoitova: Putin's First Victim? -- 4: Terror in Russia: September 1999 -- 5: Silencing Critics -- 6...

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Main Author: Knight, Amy W. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: La Vergne Biteback Publishing 2019
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Online Access:DE-525
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Summary:Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: Covert Violence As a Kremlin Tradition -- 2: How the System Works: Putin and His Security Services -- 3: Galina Starovoitova: Putin's First Victim? -- 4: Terror in Russia: September 1999 -- 5: Silencing Critics -- 6: Mafia-Style Killings In Moscow: Kozlov and Politkovskaya -- 7: The Litvinenko Story -- 8: The Poisoning -- 9: Continued Onslaught Against Kremlin Challengers -- 10: Boris Berezovsky: Suicide or Murder? -- 11: The Boston Marathon Bombings: Russia's Footprint -- 12: Another Democrat Falls Victim: The Nemtsov Murder and Its Aftermath -- 13: Kadyrov, Putin, and Power in the Kremlin -- Afterword -- Postscript -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- Also by Amy Knight -- Copyright.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 pages) 12 cm
ISBN:9781785905223

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