Until her murder in October 2006, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta . She won international fame for her reporting on the Chechen wars and, more generally, on Russian state corruption. This title presents a collection of Anna Politkovskaya's best writing for Novaya Gazeta , published between 1999 and 2006.

Former KGB spy Vladimir Putin, named Prime Minister of Russia in 1999 and, one year later, President, has been something of a media darling in the West, having successfully marketed himself as an enlightened leader with both feet planted firmly on the Eastern borders of Europe. This book disagrees with this point of view.

An incredible tale from a renowned Russian writer, based on a true story