The Putin Corporation: How to Poison Elections - Softcover

'Impressive.' TLS, 27 Mar 'Dodgy deals and horrible murders.' New Statesman Book of the Year 'Alarming - the most lurid scandals.' Edward Lucas, Economist 'Compelling - a clear and accurate picture - the strength of this book is research.' Vladimir Bukovsky Observer 'Putin's shadowy world - unnerving - necessary reading.' Sunday Business Post 'Should be read.' Daily Telegraph 'Required reading - A catalogue of corruption... fascinating.' Oleg Gordievsky Times lead review '[Yuri Felshtinsky.] A leading Putin sceptic' BBC2 Newsnight 'Explosive' Daily Telegraph

Using first-hand information from oligarchs, spies and classified sources, "The Age of Putin" describes how all power was taken away from the businessmen; who thrived on the chaos under Yeltsin and shifted to a corporation of 300 spies, joined through a web of joint-shareholdings and Kremlin positions. Every rich person from Russia nowadays has become a mini version of Vladimir Putin - connected to the secret service, beholden to the Kremlin and willing to kill if necessary.