The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

Rodina (Motherland), 227

Roginsky, Arseniy, 117

Roldugin, Sergei, 57–58, 70

Rosinvest, 256

Rosneft, 241, 253, 254

Rostov, 196, 212

Rozhdestvensky, Dmitry, 156–61

Rushailo, Vladimir, 39

Russia

authoritarianism of, 261–62

constitution, 153, 154, 181

corruption in, 248, 255–56, 258, 264, 266, 270

crime, 2, 155, 169, 246. See also Corruption

democracy and, 131, 132, 134, 181–89, 227–28

economic crisis (1998), 181, 236–37

economy of, 255

legislature, 125–26

national anthem, 179, 180

new flag (1991), 114–15, 178

new government (1990s), 114–15, 124, 125–26, 131–32, 138

political analysts on Putin’s, 177–78

privatization, 14, 135, 164, 236

regions of, 181

revolutions, 53, 71, 178, 180

state seal, 179

U.S. journalism on, 228–30, 233, 248

wealth and property redistribution, 124–25, 131

wealth disparity, 134–35

Russian Federation, 179, 181. See also Russia

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 179

Russian Union of Journalists, 188

Russkoye Video, 156–61, 162

Rutskoy, Alexander, 112–13

Ryazan, 24, 36–40, 41, 202, 203

Rybakov, Yuli, 82, 103, 180, 203

Sakharov, Andrei, 3, 28, 73, 82–83, 84, 85–86, 88, 174

Salye, Marina, 80–81, 83, 86, 87, 101–2, 125, 127–28, 136, 209, 258

coup (1991) and, 109, 110, 112, 115

on Leningrad city council, 88, 89, 91, 104–5, 109, 110, 112, 118, 119, 121, 122–23, 124

Sambo (Soviet martial art), 51–52, 55

Samodurov, Yuri, 175

Samsonov, Viktor, 109, 111, 112–13

Sarovoitova, Galina, 84

Sergeyev, Igor, 35

Sharogradskaya, Anna, 136–37, 138

Shchekochikhim, Yuri, 211, 212, 226

Shcherbakov, Vyacheslav, 92, 113, 116

Shevchenko, Yuri, 141, 143

Shield and the Sword,The, 52

Shuvalov, Igor, 251

Skoybeda, Vitaly, 109, 114, 140, 141, 143

Sobchak, Anatoly Alexandrovich, 15, 21, 84, 91–92, 103, 105, 107, 127, 135, 141, 157, 158, 159, 254, 255

coup (1991) and, 109–11, 112, 113, 116–17, 118

death of, 143–44, 226

investigation of, 139, 140

Putin and, 95–99, 117, 123, 124, 125, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142–44, 184

unpopularity of, 137, 138–39

Soshnikov, Ivan, 77–78

Soviet-Finnish War, 71

Soviet-German war, 44–46

Soviet military intelligence, 53

Soviet republics, 106–7

Soviet Union (USSR), 185–86

changes (1985), 66

changes (1987–1989), 77–88

collapse, 2, 5, 14, 22, 29, 73–74, 81, 85, 102, 106–7, 114–15, 165

flag, 114–15, 178

national anthem, 179–80

protests in Leningrad, 75–76

Putin and, 133–34, 182, 270

St. Isaac’s Square (Leningrad), 72, 76, 89

St. Petersburg, 8–9, 15–16, 21–22, 43, 46, 73, 81, 92, 93, 123, 124, 133, 136, 158, 184

economic problems, 134–35, 139

history of, 71

politics, 138–39

television, 136, 137

See also Leningrad

St. Petersburg city council, 127. See also Leningrad city council

St. Petersburg University, 138

Stalin, Joseph, 53, 66, 79

Stalin era, 60

Starovoitova, Galina, 2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8, 9, 82, 106, 156

Stasi, 63, 65, 68, 69

State Committee for the State of Emergency in the USSR (GKChP), 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 119

State racketeering, 164. See also Corruption

State seal, 179

Supreme Court (USSR), 79

Supreme Soviet, 3, 114, 119, 126–27

Surkov, Vladislav, 269–70

Television

Kremlin and, 167–68

Leningrad station, 110, 112

Putin and, 171–72, 173–74, 187–88, 228

Television (cont.)

St. Petersburg, 136, 137

state, 185, 187–88

See also Channel One; Echo Moskvy; Russkoye Video

Terkibaev, Khanpash, 209, 210–11, 220, 221

Terrorism, 189, 208

FSB and, 217

Putin and, 217–18

See also Bombings; Hostage incidents

Trepashkin, Mikhail, 203–4

Tsipko, Alexander, 178

Ukraine, 107

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). See Soviet Union

United Russia, 227, 267, 270

United States, media coverage on Putin and Russia, 228–30, 233, 248

U.S. News & World Report, 162, 164, 228

USSR. See Soviet Union

Vaksberg, Arkady, 142, 144

Vanyushin, Yuri, 160, 161, 162

Vidyayevo, 168–69, 171, 172, 173

Vinnikov, Alexander, 75

Vladikavkaz, 194

Volgodonsk, 24, 203

Voloshin, Alexander, 12, 20, 167, 168, 173–74

Wealth

disparity in Russia, 134–35

of Putin, 254, 256–57, 258–59

Russian property redistribution and, 124–25, 131

Whistle-blowers, 199–204

World War II, 53, 71, 133

Siege of Leningrad, 43–45, 46, 71–72, 102

Yakovlev, Vladimir, 139, 158

Yedinstvo (Unity), 29

Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, 3–5, 17, 18, 84, 98, 106, 107, 118, 119, 123, 145, 151, 153, 164, 178, 179, 182, 230

accomplishments of, 13–14

Congress of People’s Deputies and, 125–26

coup (1991) and, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115

disillusionment with, 11–15

and dissolution of Supreme Soviet, 126–27

Putin and, 19–20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30–31, 35

Yesenin, Sergei, 72

Young Pioneers, 49, 50

Yuganskneftegaz, 253

Yukos, 236, 238, 240, 242, 251–54

Yumashev, Valentin, 12, 18, 20

Yumasheva, Tatyana, 12, 20

Yuriev, Alexander, 138

Yushenkov, Sergei, 127–28, 129, 209–10, 226

Zakaev, Ahmed, 209, 211, 212, 214, 217

Zelinskaya, Yelena, 74, 76, 114

Table of Contents

Prologue

One. THE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT

Two. THE ELECTION WAR

Three. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A THUG

Four. ONCE A SPY

Five. A COUP AND A CRUSADE

Six. THE END OF A REFORMER

Seven. THE DAY THE MEDIA DIED

Eight. THE DISMANTLING OF DEMOCRACY

Nine. RULE OF TERROR