Mitrokhin Commission
money laundering
Morar, Natalia
Morozova, Luba
Mukhudinov, Ruslan
murder. See also poisoning; specific individuals and cases
framing individuals for
history of political
public reaction to political
Murov, Evgenii
Muslims. See also jihadists
Naryshkin, Sergei
NATO
Navalny, Aleksei
Navama, Avi
Nemtsov, Boris
murder of
Putin relationship with
on Putin/Kremlin criminality
Nemtsova, Zhanna
Nidal, Mahmud Mansur
Nikolaev, Leonid
9/11
North Caucasus
Nukhaev, Khozh-Akhmed
Nurgaliev, Rashid
Obama, Barack
Olympic games
Open Russia
organized crime
Orlov, Oleg
Osherov, Mikhail
Owen, Robert
Parkhomenko, Sergei
Pasko, Grigorii
Patarkatsishvili, Badri
Patrushev, Andrei
Patrushev, Nikolai
Pavliuchenkov, Dmitrii
Pavlov, Andrei
pedophilia
People’s Freedom Party (PARNAS)
Perepilichnyi, Aleksandr
Peskov, Dmitrii
plagiarization
Plotnikov, William
Podrabinek, Alexander
Pointkovsky, Andrei
poisoning. See also Kara- Murza, Vladimir; Litvinenko, Alexander
Polakova, Elena
Politkovskaya, Anna
on Chechnya
murder of
Politkovskii, Aleksandr
Politkovskii, Ilya
Politkovskii, Vera
polonium
Ponomarev, Lev
Powell, Colin
Pribylovsky, Vladimir
Primakov, Evgenii
Procuracy (Procurator-General’s office)
Prokhorov, Vadim
protests
public opinion and support
Putin, Vladimir
Berezovsky relationship with
Boston bombings response from
Bush relationship with
corruption record of
criminal investigations under
criminal ties of
election victories for
FSB leadership of
on homosexuality
Kadyrov, R., relationship with
KGB history of
Kozlov murder response from
Kumarin ties with
Kursk affair response from
leadership style and agenda of
Litvinenko, A., on
Merkel relationship with
murders under or tied to
National Guard creation by
Nemtsov and
1999 bombings and
Patarkatsishvili relationship with
patronage network and appointments of
Patrushev, N., relationship with
public opinion and support for
rise to power of
Ryazan scandal and
Starovoitova, G., case ties with
Trump relationship with
Yeltsin appointment of
Zolotov relationship with
Al Qaeda
Radzikhovskii, Leonid
Rasputin, Grigorii
Reilly, Tim
Riaguzov, Pavel
Rozhkova, Svetlana
Rushailo, Vladimir
Russell, Katherine
Russia. See specific topics and institutions
Russian National Guard
Ryazan scandal
Sabirova, Katerina
Safronov, Ivan
Salikhov, Magomed
Sal’ye, Marina
scandal. See corruption and scandal
Scaramella, Mario
Sechin, Igor
Seleznev, Gennadii
Sergun, Ian
Sergun, Igor
Sever Battalion
Shchekochikhin, Iurii
Shevchenko, Viacheslav
Shutov, Iurii
Shvets, Yuri
siloviki
Skuratov, Iurii
Smirnov, Vladimir
Sobchak, Anatoly
Sokolov, Sergei
Sopot, Pavel
Spain
Stalin
Starovoitova, Galina
anti-corruption campaign of
murder of
Starovoitova, Olga
Stepanova, Olga
Stolypin, Pyotr
submarine. See Kursk affair
Sudoplatov, Pavel
suicide
Summers, Anthony
surveillance
Syria
Tager’ianov, Eduard
Taliban
Terkibaev, Khanpash
terrorism. See also bombings; Chechnya; counterterrorism; 9/11
Three Whales scandal
Tikhonov, Nikita
Tillerson, Rex
Timchenko, Gennadii
Trepashkin, Mikhail
Trotsky
Trump, Donald
Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev, Tamerlan
FBI knowledge of
FSB and
radicalism of
trip to Russia of
Tsarni, Ruslan
tsars
Tsepov, Roman
Tutevich, N. B.
Udugov, Movladi
Ukraine
Uliukaev, Aleksei
Union of Just
Union of Right Forces (SPS)
United Russia Party
United States (U.S.)
cyber attacks on
election tampering by Russia
Nemtsov collaboration with
Russian relations with
sanctions list
Ustinov, Vladimir
Vakhabov, Viskhan
Vakhaev, Musa
Vatchagaev, Maribek
Vinnik, Aleksandr
Voloshin, Aleksandr
whistleblowers
WikiLeaks
Williams, Brian Glyn
Yabloko Party
Yagoda, Genrikh
Yakovlev, Alexander
Yakovlev, Vladimir
Yanukovich, Viktor
Yavlinsky, Grigory
Yeltsin, Boris
Clinton, B., relationship with
leadership of
Putin appointment by
Yumashev, Valentin
Zaitsev, Gennadii
Zakaev, Akhmed
Zhirinovsky, Vladimir
Ziiavudinov, Ziiavudin
Zinoviev, Grigorii
Zolotov, Viktor
ALSO BY AMY KNIGHT
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AMY KNIGHT has written five books, more than thirty scholarly articles, and contributed numerous pieces on Russian politics and history to The New York Review of Books and The Times Literary Supplement. Her articles have also been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), and The Wilson Quarterly. She lives in New Jersey. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
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
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Also by Amy Knight
About the Author
Copyright
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