Title:
All The Kremlin's Men : Inside The Court of Vladimir Putin / Mikhail Zygar.
ISBN:
9781610397391
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : PublicAffairs, [2016]
Physical Description:
xx, 371 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
Translation of Vsi͡a kremlevskai͡a ratʹ.
Contents:
Part One: Putin I The Lionheart. Chapter 1: In which Kremlin Strategist Alexander Voloshin learns to tolerate Lenin ; Chapter 2: In which Political Émigré Boris Berezovsky is not invited to the Royal Wedding ; Chapter 3: In which Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, loses his business and freedom, and the family disappears -- Part Two: Putin II The Magnificent. Chapter 4: In which Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Medvedev creates a new Russian Class ; Chapter 5: In which Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Viktor Medvedchuk is the last Ukranian to enjoy Putin's trust ; Chapter 6: In which Deputy Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov defends the besieged Kremlin ; Chapter 7: In which Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov comes up with a plan to make Russia an empire once more ; Chapter 8: In which Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is convinced that he is the heir to the throne -- Part Three: Prince Dmitry. Chapter 9: In which Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili retains power--and something far more valuable ; Chapter 10: In which Barack Obama becomes the Kremlin's best friend and worst enemy ; Chapter 11: In which Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin turns into a Russian Che Guevara ; Chapter 12: In which Russian Princess Tatyana Yumasheva comes up with a New Democratic Party ; Chapter 13: In which Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny thinks he can lead the people to the Kremlin -- Part Four: Putin The Terrible. Chapter 14: In which Patriarch Kirill gives fatherly advice to Russia's Cabinet of Ministers ; Chapter 15: In which Kremlin Strategist Vyacheslav Volodin invents a new national idea ; Chapter 16: In which Putin's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov realizes the futility of trying to please the West ; Chapter 17: In which Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu takes revenge for Afghanistan and Nicholas I ; Chapter 18: In which Alexei Kudrin loses the battle for the President's heart and mind ; Chapter 19: In which Ramzan Kadyrov takes a round trip to Dubai ; Chapter 20: In which Bashar al-Assad becomes the mirror image of Putin -- Conclusion: Putin the saint.
Summary:
"All the Kremlin's men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted--if not controlled--by the men who at once advise and deceive him. The regional governors and bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects, far more powerful in their fiefdoms than the president himself. So are the gatekeepers--those officials who guard the pathways to power--on whom Putin depends as much as they rely on him. The tenuous edifice is filled with all of the intrigue and plotting of a Medici court, as enemies of the state are invented and wars begun to justify personal gains, internal rivalries, or one faction's biased advantage. A bestseller in Russia, All the Kremlin's men is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era and a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot."--Dust jacket.
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Language Note:
Translated from Russian; no information is available about the translator.
OCLC Number:
ocn949553556
Availability:
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