Index
Abramovich, Roman
Berezovsky collaboration, 56
Berezovsky rapprochement letters, 217
Berezovsky’s London lawsuit, 3, 190–91, 193–96, 199–205, 207, 209, 212
the Family and Berezovsky, 130
ORT sale to government, 152, 201
photograph, 56
Sibneft and, 57, 92, 122, 150–51, 166, 207
United party and, 124
wealth and financial transactions, 191
Yeltsin successor battle, 98
Aeroflot
Andava and Forus, 57, 93, 106, 142, 148, 204
Berezovsky and, 57–58, 88–89, 93–94, 106, 142, 148–49, 157, 204, 220, 222
financial problems, 57
London court decision, 58, 204
Primakov and, 79
Agence France-Presse (APF), 175
Aksenenko, Nikolai, 95, 98, 108
Albats, Yevgenia, 143, 147, 183
Albright, Madeline, 135
Alekperov, Vagit, 143
Aliev, Gaidar, 64
Alkhanov, Alu, 176
All-Russian Automobile Alliance, 35
Anisimov, Vasilii, 267n65
Arendt, Hannah, 5
The Assassination of Russia (documentary), 159–60, 174
assassination plots and murders
Berezovsky, 2, 36, 85–88, 163, 175, 178, 180, 184–85, 210, 213–15
Chechen war and, 118
Gaidar, Egor, 182
Golovlev, Vladimir, 161
Iushenkov, Sergei, 161
Klebnikov, Paul, 239n57
Litvinenko, Alexander, 3, 85–88, 163, 169, 175, 178, 180–85, 217–18, 220
Magnitsky, Sergei, 204
Navalny, Aleksei, 3
Nemtsov, Boris, 184
Novichok, 3
Politkovskaya, Anna, 40, 164, 180, 183, 186
Putin in Dresden and, 19
Ryazan bomb incident, 120
Shchekochikhin, Iurii, 161
Shevardnadze, Eduard, 126
Skripal, Sergei and Iulia, 3, 10, 219–20
Starovoitova, Galina, 81–85, 87, 234n38, 243n14, 243n19
Trotsky, Leon, 2
Atlangeriev, Movladi, 185
Atoll (security company), 36, 88
Aven, Oleg, 10
Aven, Petr
Berezovsky and Abramovich case interview, 207
Berezovsky and import duties, 34
Berezovsky and yacht cruise, 56
Berezovsky and Yeltsin introduction, 37
Berezovsky brags about, 55
on Berezovsky’s depression, 209
on Berezovsky’s dissertation, 223
LogoVAZ and, 27
Putin introduction to Berezovsky, 28
on Putin’s prime minister offer, 108
Russia under Yeltsin, 29
St. Petersburg raw materials scam, 30–31
The Time of Berezovsky (Aven), 222, 224, 270n64
Yeltsin economic advisor, 11
Babitsky, Andrei, 134–35, 254n11
Barsukov, Mikhail, 38, 41, 44, 46, 48, 69, 76, 84
Basaev, Shamil, 64, 101–3, 110, 116, 118, 164
Bastrykin, Aleksandr, 15
Baturin, Vladimir, 105
Belin, Laura, 125
Belkovsky, Stanislav, 137, 166
Belovezha Accords (1991), 45
Belton, Catherine, 19, 32, 49, 243n10, 245n54, 253n56
Berezovsky, Abraham (father), 6–7
Berezovsky, Anastasia (daughter), 10
Berezovsky, Arina (daughter), 97, 150, 211, 213
Berezovsky, Artem (son), 10
Berezovsky, Boris Abramovich
“godfather of the Kremlin,” 1, 239n57
health issues, 72–73, 116, 207–8
image as corrupt oligarch, 156
last days and death of, 210–17
photographs, xvi, 8, 11, 37, 43, 56, 140, 202
The Time of Berezovsky (Aven), 222
See also under assassination plots and murders
Berezovsky, Boris Abramovich, business career
Abramovich lawsuit, 190–96, 199–201, 203
attempted coup opportunity, 26
Channel One and ORT, 39
Chechen gang and, 235n58
Kommersant Publishing House sale, 176–77
privatization and vouchers, 35
raw material exporting, 27
See also Aeroflot; Alfa Group; LogoVAZ and AvtoVAS; Patarkatsishvili, Badri; Sibneft; Sviazinvest
Berezovsky, Boris Abramovich, embezzlement charges
Berezovsky, Boris Abramovich in Great Britain
court cases in, 261n19
criminal charges and extradition requests, 162, 176, 200
Listev’s murder and, 40
Metalloinvest claim, 267n65
Platon Elenin alias, 163
sixtieth birthday at Blenheim Palace, 175
Berezovsky, Boris Abramovich, personal life
death and death threats, 3
Israeli citizenship, 35, 235n57
Russian Orthodox conversion, 36
Russian passport nationality, 6–7
security for, 36
Berezovsky, Boris Abramovich, politics
Berezovsky, Boris Abramovich, Yeltsin years
Caspian pipeline, 65
Chechen war and, 53–54, 64, 90, 103
economic crisis and, 80
executive secretary of the CIS, 73–74, 93
Russian Security Council deputy chief posting, 54–55, 68
Skuratov and, 107
smear campaign against NTV, 105
Yeltsin resignation suggestion, 79
Yeltsin successor battle, 105
Berezovskaya, Ekaterina (daughter), 8, 213
Berezovskaya, Elizaveta (daughter), 6, 8, 214–15, 267n7
Berezovsky, Gleb (son), 97, 150, 157, 213, 215
Besharova, Galina (Berezovsky’s wife), 10, 150, 205, 207–8, 215
Beyrle, John, 196
Blair, Tony, 163
Blotskii, Oleg M., 50
Blowing Up Russia (Litvinenko, Felshtinsky), 157
Bobkov, Filipp, 233n5
Bolshakov, Aleksei, 50
Bordiuzha, Nikolai, 90–91, 93–94, 245n54
Borisenko, Viktor, 13
Borodin, Pavel, 50–51, 52–53, 60, 90, 92, 104, 112
Borovoi, Konstantin, 119
Bortnikov, Aleksandr, 16
Borzenko, Vladimir, 223
Brezhnev, Leonid, 15, 137, 197
Brokaw, Tom, 147
Bukovsky, Vladimir, 15, 28–29, 177
Calvi, Roberto, 268n28
CBS News, 100
Chaika, Artem, 107
Chaika, Iurii, 91, 94, 106–7, 174, 186, 248n41
Chechen Press, 178
Chechnya and Chechen war
Berezovsky and, 116–17, 137, 176, 247n22
Berezovsky negotiations, 1, 101–3
Beslan middle school incident, 164
Boston Marathon bombings, 218
Dagestan invasion, 110–11, 113–14, 117–18, 159
Dubrovka Theater incident, 163
exchange of prisoners, 254n11
independence for, 102
Khasavyurt Accords, 53, 116, 119
kidnapping of Shpigun, 101
Putin and, 3, 117, 125, 127, 133–35, 137
Putin and terrorists, 115–16, 163–64
Skuratov retreat opposition, 90
terrorism and bombings, 114–16, 119–20, 219
Yeltsin clan and, 119
Chemezov, Sergei, 53
Cherkesov, Viktor, 15, 40, 77, 83, 185–86
Chernenko, Konstantin, 20
Chernomyrdin, Viktor, 39, 42, 46, 49, 54, 56, 65, 69, 73, 78
Cherny, Mikhail, 212
Chubais, Anatoly Borisovich
appointed first deputy premier, 60
“bandit capitalism,” 122
Berezovsky and, 47, 55, 69, 72, 93–94, 223–24
Berezovsky murder implication, 182–83
book revenue scandal, 69
corruption of, 61
Gazprom and, 65
Lebed and, 54
Presidential Administration head, 46, 50
prime minister offer to Putin, 108
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), 73–74, 79, 93, 242n55
Clinton, Bill, 115
Colton, Timothy, 42, 52, 59, 99
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), 42, 45, 83, 105, 127–28
Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), 7, 14, 20, 25, 29, 129
Corriere della Sera, 112
Deripaska, Oleg, 150, 191, 195–96
D’iachenko, Leonid, 54, 92, 122
D’iachenko, Tatiana (Yeltsin’s daughter)
Atoll secret recordings, 88
Berezovsky and, 59–60, 89, 96, 123
help for Yeltsin, 59
Mabetex investigation, 92, 104
Nemtsov and, 67
Ogonek and, 37
Putin and, 80
Sibneft and, 56
Doctors’ Plot, 6
Dorenko, Sergei, 67, 88, 105, 123, 125–26, 127, 137, 139
the Family
Berezovsky and, 79, 89, 95, 130, 137
Chaika and, 107
definition of, 46
embezzlement documentary proof, 130
Korzhakov fired, 76
Mabetex investigation, 91–92, 104
media and, 125
Putin and, 51
Ryazan bomb incident, 121
Stepashin and, 109
Yeltsin’s inner circle, 4
Fatherland-All Russia Alliance, 111, 123–24, 127
Federal Guard Service (FSO), 38, 153
Felshtinsky, Yuri, 13, 152, 157, 159, 162, 172
First Person (Putin), 15, 17, 30, 72, 75, 80, 129, 132, 137
Fonda, Jane, 33
Forbes, 55, 165, 200, 211, 233n69, 235n58, 239n57, 261n19
Forbes Billionaires List, 63–64, 80
Fradkov, Mikhail, 174
Fridman, Mikhail, 7, 28, 55, 67, 189, 261n19
FSB (Federal Security Service)
Alpha antiterrorist unit, 167
antiterrorism and extremism laws, 177
Baturina investigation, 105
Berezovsky and, 36
Blowing Up Russia (Litvinenko, Felshtinsky), 157
Ryazan bomb incident, 120–21, 138, 158–60, 162, 251n14
URPO (Organized Crime Directorate), 85–88
Yeltsin and, 76
See also assassination plots and murders
Gaidar, Egor, 11, 30, 135, 179, 182–84
Galeotti, Mark, 19
The Gang from Lubianka (Litvinenko), 178
Gazprom, 65–66, 108, 139, 152, 166, 191
Gelman, Anna (Berezovsky’s mother), 6–8
Gessen, Masha, 5, 19, 25, 28, 95, 129, 135, 201, 242n69, 254n11
Gevorkyan, Nataliya, 14, 121, 135, 194
GKU (Main Control Directorate), 50, 60–61, 75, 250n72
Gloster, Elizabeth, 191, 194–96, 200–201, 203, 209
Glushkov, Natalia, 221
Glushkov, Nikolai
Aeroflot and, 57–58, 79, 93, 148, 204
arrested and imprisoned, 151
AvtoVAZ and, 22
libelous theft claim, 55
Lugovoi and, 180
strangled, 3
See also assassination plots and murders
Godfather of the Kremlin (Klebnikov), 39–40, 55
Goldfarb, Alex
Berezovsky and, 4, 37, 117, 123, 149, 156, 170
Berezovsky and Putin, 95
Berezovsky assassination plot, 163
Berezovsky’s last days and death, 223
on Chechen war, 102
Chubais and, 68
Gazprom and, 65
Lugovoi and, 180
photograph, 202
Gongadze, Georgiy, 172
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 20–21, 23, 29, 41, 156
Gorbunova, Elena (Berezovsky’s wife)
about, 10
Abramovich, Irina and, 56
Berezovsky’s last days, 209, 211, 213
on Berezovsky’s violent attack, 38
common law wife, 97
death and death threats, 36
the Family and Berezovsky, 130
in Israel, 235n57
move to mansion in Mayfair district, 157
travel with, 26
Gordievsky, Oleg, 177
Grachev, Pavel, 61
Grigor’ev, Aleksandr, 71
Grinda, Jose, 33
Gruzd, Boris, 84
The Guardian, 138, 184, 202, 221
Gusak, Aleksandr, 85
Gusinsky, Vladimir
Berezovsky and, 43, 117, 141, 147
Berezovsky’s last days, 211
Chubais and, 69
in Israel, 139
Putin and arrest, 138–39, 141, 143–44
Yeltsin presidency and, 43–44, 46
Yeltsin’s reelection and, 55
Gustafson, Thane, 154
Hefner, Robert, 28
History of the CPSU, 123
Hoffman, David, 9, 22, 34–35, 66, 72, 89, 130, 139, 255n40
Hutchins, Chris, 26
Iakovlev, Vladimir, 48–50, 81, 235n39, 238n39
Iakovleva, Irina, 235n39
Iliukhin, Viktor, 110
Iliushin, Viktor, 44
Institute of Control Sciences, 9–10
International Civil Liberties Foundation, 156, 159, 162, 170
Islam, Saeed, 215
Iumashev, Valentin
appointed chief of staff, 60
Berezovsky and, 37–38, 73, 89, 108, 224
D’iachenko, Tatiana and, 46–47, 59–60, 123
the Family and, 130
Nemtsov and, 67
Presidential Administration head, 90
Ryazan bomb incident, 138
sex video, 245n54
Skuratov scandal, 91
Sviazinvest and, 66
Voloshin and, 94
Yeltsin advisor, 59
Yeltsin ghostwriter, 37
Iumasheva, Tatiana. See D’iachenko, Tatiana
Iuridicheskii Peterburg segodnia (Legal St. Petersburg today), 81
Iushenkov, Sergei, 157, 160–61
Ivanov, Igor, 135
Ivanov, Viktor, 77
Jewish people and antisemitism, 5–7, 9, 28, 74, 79–80, 93, 95–96, 216, 243n14
journalism and journalists
Kabaeva, Alina, 206
Kadannikov, Vladimir, 21, 35, 38
Kadyrov, Ramzan, 264n64
Kasparov, Garry, 184
Kasyanov, Mikhail, 139, 167, 174
Kay, Joseph, 190
KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvenoi Bezopasnosti), 14–16, 18–20, 231n44, 232n55
al-Khattab, Ibn, 103, 110, 113, 116, 118, 160
Khinshtein, Aleksandr, 35, 86–88, 95, 98, 105–6, 116, 142, 174–75
Khodorkovsky, Mikhail
Khokholkov, Evgenii, 86
King, Larry, 147
Kirienko, Sergei, 65, 73, 75, 78, 241n53
Kirill (Russian Orthodox patriarch), 199
Kiselev, Evgenii, 104–5, 125, 165
Klebnikov, Paul, 1, 21–23, 27, 38–39, 55, 233n69, 239n57
Kodanev, Mikhail, 161
Kolesnikov, Sergei, 169
Kommersant
The Assassination of Russia (documentary) review, 160
Berezovsky acquisition, 28
Berezovsky letters, 86, 141, 146–47
Berezovsky on Aeroflot, 57
Cherkesov letter, 186
Kredit Bank and, 243n13
Putin autobiography, 137
Starovoitova murder and, 83
Vasiliev comment on Berezovsky, 22
Yeltsin support, 95
Kommersant Publishing House, 105, 176–77
Komsomol (Communist Youth League), 7–8, 13
Kondaurov, Aleksei, 166, 259n58
Koppel, Ted, 132
Korotkova, Nina, 8
Korzhakov, Aleksandr, 37–46, 48, 54–56, 58, 76, 85, 89, 92, 236n68, 237n23
Kovalev, Andrei, 164
Kovalev, Nikolai, 76–77, 85–86, 115, 117, 158, 164, 217
Kovalev, Sergei, 121, 158, 162
Kozyrev, Andrei, 42
Kravchenko, Iurii, 172
Kredit Bank, 243n13
Kudriavtsev, Demian, 223
Kudrin, Aleksei, 25, 49–51, 60, 69–70, 198
Kulikov, Anatolii, 45, 53–54, 69–70, 117
Kumarin (Barsukov), Vladimir, 31–32, 84, 234n38, 235n39
Kvashnin, Anatolii, 110
La Repubblica, 122
Lebed, Aleksandr, 45–46, 53–54, 119, 160, 251n13
Lebedev, Platon, 167
Le Monde, 168
Lenin, Vladimir, 173
Levin-Utkin, Anatolii, 81
Levkin, Sergei, 34
Liberal Russia (political party), 157, 160–61, 218
Listev, Vladislav, 39–40, 55, 85, 261n19
Litvinenko, Alexander
asylum in Great Britain, 152, 162
Blowing Up Russia (Litvinenko, Felshtinsky), 159
photograph of, 158
Ukraine and, 172
See also assassination plots and murders
Litvinenko, Anatoly, 152, 158, 182
Litvinenko, Marina, 3, 152, 263n48
Litvinenko, Olga, 62
Litvinenko, Sonia, 158
LogoVAZ and AvtoVAS, 21–22, 27–28, 34–36, 39, 57, 97
LogoVAZ club, 37, 46–47, 65, 79, 85, 143
Lugovoi, Andrei, 178–79, 180–82, 218, 220
Lukashenko, Alexander, 190
Lukoil, 143
Luzhkov, Iurii, 43, 103–5, 109, 111–12, 117, 122, 125, 127, 131, 142, 251n14
Lyra, Markus, 246n80
Mabetex investigation, 52–53, 90–93, 104, 106, 112, 122, 129, 153
Mafia and mob organizations, 31–33, 35–36, 50, 75, 136, 153, 178, 180, 239n57
Magnitsky, Sergei, 204
Magnitsky Act, 204
Mangold, Klaus, 209
Martynyuk, Leonid, 204
Maskhadov, Aslan, 53, 64–65, 101–2, 116, 118, 120, 137
Matveev, Lazar, 23
MBX media, 64
McCain, John, 150, 168, 198, 256n55
Media-Most company, 104–5, 138–39
Medvedev, Dmitry, 25, 166, 174, 186, 196–98, 203
Medvedev, Roy, 136
Medvedev, Sergei, 59
Meier, Andrew, 84
Melnychenko, Mykola, 172
Metalloinvest, 267n65
Midnight Diaries (Yeltsin), 45, 70, 79, 82
Mlechin, Leonid, 20
Moscow News, 165
The Moscow Times, 109, 135, 147
Moskovskii komsomolets, 92, 119, 122–23, 126, 141, 143, 160, 176
Murov, Evgenii, 153
MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs)
Narusova, Liudmila (Sobchak’s wife), 32, 47–49, 70, 136
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 100, 156, 170, 173, 185, 203, 219
Navalny, Aleksei, 3, 19, 32, 198–99, 219
Nemtsov, Boris
auction rules and, 66
Berezovsky and, 60, 69, 139–40
Gazprom and, 65
Kirienko and, 73
murder of, 184
Sochi Olympics and, 204
SPS and, 135
Stepashin and, 106
Sviazinvest and, 67
Yeltsin successor battle, 110
New York Times, 112, 122, 130, 156–57, 159, 177, 192
Nezavisimaia gazeta, 65, 67, 95, 118
Noril’sk Nikel’ mining company, 143
Notes of a President (Iumashev ghostwriter), 37–38
Novaia gazeta, 31, 53, 70, 119, 121–22, 127, 129, 134, 158, 164
NTV (Russian Nationwide Television Channel)
Berezovsky on the CIS, 74
Chechen kidnapping, 64
Gasprom management, 152
Gusinsky and, 138
nuclear submarine Kursk, 144
ORT competitor, 43
Putin and, 139
Ryazan bomb incident program, 139
See Big Ben and Die, 217
Skuratov and Mabetex, 92
Ustinov and, 153
nuclear submarine Kursk, 144–46, 149, 152–53
Nurgaliev, Rashid, 174
Obama, Barack, 196, 203–4, 219
Obshschaia gazeta, 119
Ogonek, 37
Open Russia Foundation, 165
Orban, Viktor, 5
Orders to Kill (Knight), 3
ORT (Public Russian Television)
Abramovich and Sibneft case, 193
Abromovich cedes to government, 152, 201
Atoll secret recordings, 88
Berezovsky and, 39, 127, 130, 137
Chechen war and, 54
Dorenko, anchor, 67
Media-Most and, 105
NTV competitor, 43
nuclear submarine Kursk, 144
Patarkatsishvili and, 179
sale of shares, 145–49, 151, 195
The Sergei Dorenko Show, 125
Sibneft funding, 56
Our Home Is Russia (political party), 42, 49
Owen, Robert, 178
Pastukhov, Vladimir, 218
Patarkatsishvili, Badri
AvtoVAZ and, 21
Berezovsky and, 36, 150, 188–89, 205, 209
death of, 188
fraud charges, 162
Kommersant Publishing House sale, 177
Lugovoi and, 179
Metalloinvest claim, 267n65
ORT and, 179
photograph, 189
Putin threats, 146
Sibneft London trial, 57, 190–96, 200
Sibneft sale, 151
Yeltsin successor battle, 105
Patriots (P. Morgan play), 4
Patrushev, Nikolai
Berezovsky and, 159
deputy FSB chief, 77
Mabetex investigation, 113
Obama terrorism meeting, 219
Putin and, 114, 133, 248n36, 250n72
Putin friendship, 16
siloviki dispute, 185
Pavlovsky, Gleb, 72
People’s Freedom Party, 197
Peskov, Dmitry, 216
Pichugin, Aleksei, 166
Piontkovsky, Andrei, 2, 55, 120, 147, 169
Politkovskaya, Anna, 1, 134, 178, 182, 187, 224, 264n64
See also assassination plots and murders
Politkovskaya, Vera, 187
Politkovskii, Aleksandr, 40
Politkovskii, Ilya, 187
Poole, Simon, 214
Potanin, Vladimir, 44, 55, 66–68, 143
President’s Club, 38
Primakov, Evgeny Maksimovich
Aeroflot investigation, 58, 148
Berezovsky and, 79
Berezovsky embezzlement investigation, 89, 93, 95
compromise candidate, 79
Foreign Intelligence Service head, 117
media and, 125
photograph of, 112
Putin and, 80
Shevardnadze assassination attempt and, 126
Skuratov scandal, 91
Voloshin and, 94
Prokhorenko, Aleksandr, 48
Putin, Spiridon Ivanovich (grandfather), 11
Putin, Vladimir Spiridonovich (father), 11–12, 98
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, after KGB
FSB connections, 40
leaving St. Petersburg, 238n39
security and law enforcement power, 58
Sobchak and, 26–27, 233n7, 237n21
Sobchak and scandals, 29–31, 234n34
St. Petersburg management, 40
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, KGB and
admission and training, 15
Andropov Red Banner KGB Institute, 18, 232n54
and City Committee for Foreign Economic Relations, 25
in Dresden, East Germany, 18–21, 233n5
at Felix Dzerzhinsky Higher School, 17
at the First Department (foreign intelligence), 17
focus on enemies within, 15
Leningrad post and foreign students, 23
resignation after coup attempt, 25
tenure in counterintelligence, 17
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, personal life
dacha burned, 51
education and early life, 13
Kudrin and, 51
law faculty, Leningrad State University (LSU), 14–15
in Leningrad with parents, 24
Liudmila’s car accident, 33
pedophile claim, 178
Traber, Ilya and, 32
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, presidency of
Abramovich and, 3
Berezovsky and, 1
Berezovsky resigns from Duma, 142
Bush, George W. and, 155
Crimean annexation, 219
feudalism comparison, 169
FSB and oligarchs, 4
Great Britain and the West, 185
leadership cult, 4
Munich Security Conference speech, 185
nuclear submarine Kursk, 144–46, 152
oligarchs threatened, 143–44, 146
personal wealth of, 170
public anger at Putin-Medvedev swap, 197–99
rapprochement with the West, 156
reorganization and power, 140–42
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Yeltsin transition
Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Yeltsin years
Borodin and, 51
D’iachenko, Tatiana and, 60
first deputy director of Presidential Administration, 74–75
foreign property oversight position, 50–51, 53
Luzhkov and, 105
Mabetex, 92
military force considered, 79
Nemtsov and, 61
Starovoitova murder and Communists, 82
Yeltsin and, 88
Putina, Liudmila (ex-wife)
divorce, 206
in Dresden, East Germany, 18
Liudmila’s reaction to presidency, 133
Putin and, 97
Putin’s FSB job, 75
Putin’s parents, 12
travel with Putin, 154–55, 173
vacationing, 108
Yeltsin’s resignation, 132
Putin and Berezovsky
Aven introduction, 28
Berezovsky a criminal, 246n80
Berezovsky and Putin’s downfall, 156, 159, 168, 175
Berezovsky assassination plot, 86–88
Berezovsky criminal prosecutions, 2–3
Berezovsky letter on violent overthrow of Putin, 176
Berezovsky rapprochement letters, 209–11, 216–18
on Berezovsky’s death, 215
Berezovsky’s downfall attempts, 3–4, 175–76, 184, 199
Berezovsky’s opinion of Putin, 76
birthday party appearance, 94–95
nuclear submarine Kursk, 144–45, 256n55
Putin and FSB, 242n69
Putin autocracy charge, 145
Putin on Berezovsky suicide, 222
Putin revenge, 141, 143, 147–48
relationship questioned, 137
traitor or indebtedness, 2
Yeltsin’s prime minister offer, 108
Putinburg (Zapol’skii), 24, 33
Putin’s Kleptocracy (Dawisha), 27
Putin’s Palace (Navalny), 19
Putin’s People (Belton), 32
Raduev, Salman, 64
Red Army Faction (RAF), 19
Red Lenin (Wharhol), 206
Rice, Condoleezza, 173
Right Cause (Pravoe delo) bloc, 136
Rosinvest, 170
Rotenberg, Boris and Arkady, 204
RTR (Russia-1 tv), 91, 125, 175
Rusal, aluminum company, 34, 150, 191–92, 195–96, 200
Rushailo, Vladimir, “Berezovsky’s falcon,” 114
Russian Investigative Committee, 15
Rybakov, Iulii, 160
Sabirova, Katerina, 205, 208–10, 212–13, 215
Sakharov, Andrei, 231n44
Sakwa, Richard, 154, 156, 165, 199
Savost’ianov, Evgenii, 86
Scaramella, Mario, 180
Sechin, Igor, 25, 33, 40, 49, 51, 154, 166–67, 185–86
Severnaia Neft oil company, 166
Shaposhnikov, Evgenii, 57
Shchekochikhin, Iurii, 122, 161
Sheitelman, Mikhail, 211
Shelomova, Maria Ivanovna (Putin’s mother), 11–12
Shevardnadze, Eduard, 126
Shevchenko, Iurii, 34, 71, 84, 136
Shevtsova, Lilia, 58–59, 79, 98, 148, 153, 197
Shoigu, Sergei, 123, 127, 230n24, 252n36
Short, Philip, 231n44, 233n5, 233n7, 234n34, 241n47, 243n14, 246n80, 254n20, 264n64
Shpigun, Gennadii, 101
Shuppe, Egor (Berezovsky son-in-law), 179, 181, 211, 213
Sibneft
Berezovsky and, 80
Berezovsky and Abramovich, 55–56, 92, 199
Berezovsky and partners, 150
Berezovsky criminal prosecutions, 57–58
Berezovsky embezzlement investigation, 88
Berezovsky lawsuit, 192–95, 200, 202
loans-for-shares auction, 56
Patarkatsishvili and, 56
proposed merger with Yukos, 166
Skripal, Sergei and Iulia, 3, 219–20
Skuratov, Iurii, 48–49, 69–71, 81, 84, 88–94, 98, 106–7, 122, 153, 237n23
Smirnov, Vladimir, 31
Smolensky, Aleksandr, 44, 55, 189
Sobchak, Anatoly Aleksandrovich
corruption investigation, 69–71, 90, 241n47
death and murder theory, 136
gambling scandal and, 30
hospital treatment, 84
Kumarin and, 32
photograph of, 26
Putin and, 24–25, 29, 31, 33, 48–50, 62, 72, 77, 93, 136
Sechin and, 154
St. Petersburg financial capital goal, 26–28
Western leaders and, 237n21
Zolotov and, 153
Sobchak, Ksenia Anatolyevna (daughter), 32, 48, 136
Sokolov, Sergei, 36
Soldatov, Andrei, 18
Solidarity, 184
Solntsevo gang, 35
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 15
Soros, George, 42–43, 65–66, 156, 182–83, 237n4
Soskovets, Oleg, 44–46, 48, 112
Stalin, Joseph, 2–3, 6, 16, 168, 224
Stanovaya, Tatiana, 16
Steele, Jonathan, 138
Stepashin, Sergei
Dagestan invasion, 110, 117–18
favored for Yeltsin successor, 95, 98–99, 104
mudslinging against opponents, 106
prime minister, 100
prime minister offer to Putin, 108–9
Skuratov sex videotape statement, 92
Starovoitova murder, 82
St. Petersburg Fuel Company, 31
St. Petersburg Real Estate Holding Co. (SPAG), 31
St. Petersburg Times, 55
Strategic Planning and Policy, 63
Straw, Jack, 176
Stroev, Egor, 73
Surkov, Vladislav, 198
Svanidze, Nikolai, 183
Sviazinvest, 66
SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service), 79
Sword and Shield (tv series), 14
Systems Research Institute, 11
Tambov crime group, 31, 33, 82, 84
Telegin, Viktor, 216
Tikhonova, Katerina Vladimirovna (Putin’s daughter), 16, 33, 51
Timchenko, Gennadii, 32
The Time of Berezovsky (Aven), 222–24
The Times, 177
Traber, Ilya “the Antiquarian,” 32–33
Tregubova, Elena, 61, 76–77, 88, 113
Trepashkin, Mikhail, 162
Tsar Alexander II, 12
Tsarnaev, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar, 218–19
Turner, Ted, 33
Udugov, Movladi, 64, 101–3, 116–17
Ukraine
Union of Right Forces (SPS), 135, 165, 183–84
United Russia party, 123, 165, 197, 200
Unity party, 123–25, 127–28, 130–31, 149
Usmanov, Alisher, 177
Vasiliev, Andrei, 22, 188–89, 223
Venediktov, Aleksei, 47, 74, 203, 224
Viakhirev, Rem, 65
Vil’kobrisskii, Mikhail, 48, 237n24
Vinogradov, Vladimir, 44
Vneshekonombank, 104
Berezovsky and, 94, 145, 167, 224
Berezovsky lawsuit testimony, 195
the Family and, 130
Mabetex investigation, 113
new political party, 123
nuclear submarine Kursk, 144
prime minister offer to Putin, 108
smear campaign against NTV, 105
Voloshin, Pavel, 121
Voronov, Vladimir, 223
Vorontsova, Maria Vladimirovna (Putin’s daughter), 18, 51
Voshchanov, Pavel, 70
Yabloko political party, 138, 165, 199
Yakunin, Vladimir, 204
Yanukovich, Viktor, 170
Yavlinsky, Grigory, 45, 80, 138, 237n4
Yeltsin, Boris Nikolaevich
anti-Communism of, 98
Atoll spying, 36
autumn crisis of 1998, 79
Berezovsky and, 26–27, 37–38, 55, 68, 148, 222, 242n55
Berezovsky and re-election, 224
on Berezovsky assassination plot, 87
Berezovsky contributions, 169
Borodin and, 52
businessmen and, 237n12
Chechen war and, 42, 53, 64, 118
Chernomyrdin and, 73
corruption cases, 90
coup attempt, 25–26, 28, 38, 46–47, 75
democracy under, 1–2, 41, 58, 156
Dorenko and, 126
early retirement, 130
economic reform team of, 11
FSB and Kovalev, 76
health issues, 41, 46, 59, 79, 82, 124
impeachment proceedings, 78, 99
Iumashev and, 242n55
Kasyanov fired, 174
Kirienko, Sergei, 78
Korzhakov and, 38
Kremlin corruption, 112
Lebed and, 54
legacy of, 224
Lugovoi and, 179
Nuremberg-style reckoning considered, 29
presidential campaign, 56
Primakov and, 80
prime minister offer to Putin, 109–10
Putin and, 4, 49–50, 61, 72, 99–100, 111, 128, 131, 139, 144
Putin and democracy, 170
Putin and FSB, 77
Putin and political enemies, 167
resignation, 132
Skuratov scandal and resignation, 91–92, 107, 122
Sobchak and, 47–48, 70–72, 237n23
Stepashin and, 100
successor issue, 95, 103–4, 106, 108, 128
Sviazinvest and, 66
terrorism and bombings, 120
Unity party, 123
Voloshin and, 94
See also the Family; Mabetex investigation; Midnight Diaries
Yeltsin successor battle
election win for Putin, 138