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background of, 140

Berezovsky and, 140-41, 142-43, 144-46, 154-57, 162, 164, 181, 186

Chechen peace urged by, 290

election of 1999 and, 191-92, 194, 234

election of 2000 and, 164, 172, 174, 177, 180, 181, 195

Putin and, 154, 156-59, 164, 195, 206

Skuratov and, 146, 154, 158, 161

Sobchak and, 154

Yeltsin and, 144-45, 155, 156, 161, 172

Prodi, Romano, 342

Public Commission, 262-64, 265, 269, 270, 271-74, 277, 279, 281

Public Health Institute, 232

Putin, Vladimir:

background of, 134-35, 178-80

Berezovsky and, 134-36, 138, 146-47, 154-57, 163-65, 174, 180-82, 188-89, 194-95, 201-7, 208, 210-11, 212-13, 214, 218, 231, 232, 233-36, 239, 247-48, 249, 252, 270, 278, 295, 321-22, 343-48

Beslan massacre and, 310-11

Bush and, 242, 273, 287

Clinton and, 207

election of 1999 and, 194

election of 2000 and, 163-64, 172-74, 177-78, 180-81, 194, 195, 198-99, 203

election of 2004 and, 305, 306

federal restructuring initiative of, 204-5, 208, 212

as FSB head, 3-4, 135, 136-37, 146-47, 156, 159, 163, 181, 183, 201, 202

Gusinsky and, 181, 198, 205, 206, 207-8, 212, 213, 232, 233, 235-36, 238

KGB and, 135, 172-73, 180, 182, 183

Kursk disaster and, 208-12, 218

Litvinenko and, 136-37, 160-61, 165, 167, 171, 180, 182, 194, 202, 233, 244, 247-48, 295, 297, 317, 330, 335, 342

Malashenko and, 172-73, 198, 241

mass media controlled by, 283, 315, 344

Moscow bombings and, 199, 216, 258, 259, 306

Moscow theater siege and, 291-92

NGOs and, 240, 309-10, 311-12

NSC appointment of, 159

opposition movement and, 240, 241-42, 248, 257, 287, 311-12, 315, 343

Orange Revolution and, 315-16, 347

ORT takeover and, 233-36

personality of, 179, 180, 181, 182-84, 201, 254

Politkovskaya killing and, 317

Primakov and, 156, 164, 195, 206

as prime minister, 175, 177-78, 196

Ryazan bomb scare and, 196, 250

in St. Petersburg, 134-35

second Chechen war and, 159, 175, 177, 188-91, 194, 196, 198-99, 203, 216-17, 287-89, 290, 291, 293, 305

September 11, 2001 attacks and, 248

Skuratov scandal and, 158, 161

Sobchak and, 135, 172

Tregubova and, 183-84

Yeltsin and, 3-4, 134-35, 156-59, 174, 177-78, 180-82, 195, 202

Yushenkov and, 277

Putina, Lyudmila, 182

Pyatigorsk, Russia, 107-8

Qatar, 294, 309, 320

radiation, 326-27, 336

Radio Echo Moscow, 236, 250, 289, 297, 317

Radio Liberty, 91, 92, 313

Raduyev, Salman, 59, 89, 95, 216

hostage crisis sparked by, 104-5

Pyatigorsk bombing and, 107-8

Reagan, Ronald W., 68, 85-86

Red Army, 22, 86, 87, 90, 101

Red Banner Institute, 179

Red Cross, 105

Reddaway, Peter, 259

Redgrave, Vanessa, 293, 294, 295, 296

Redwald (Raedwald), King of East Anglia, 244

Reid, John, 331, 347

Reuters, 70, 297

Reynolds, Maura, 196, 197

Rhyzhkov, Nikolai, 45

Rightist Union, 194

robber barons, Russian oligarchs as, 45-57, 115

Rockefeller Foundation, 49

Rogozin, Georgy, 74, 79

Rokhlin, Lev, 136-37, 138

Rokhlina, Tamara, 136-37, 138

Romanoff dynasty, 163

Romanov, Anatoly, 54

Romanovich, Vladimir, 281-82

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 258

Rosneft, 139

Ruble, Blair, 259

Rushailo, Vladimir, 144, 153, 260

Russia Hand (Talbott), 207

Russian Academy of Sciences, 253

Russian Army:

draft and, 305-6

first Chechen war and, 31, 39, 69, 85, 86, 88-91, 100-102, 121, 137, 247

second Chechen war and, 177, 189, 195-96, 201, 215, 216, 236-37, 238, 241, 273, 288, 304, 312

Russian Economic Forum, 300

Russian Federation:

anti-Semitism in, 71, 100-101, 144-45, 147

coup attempt in (1991), 240

economic crisis in, 138-40

Internet and, 69-71, 269, 297

Litvinenko murder investigation by, 343-45

mass media in, see mass media

NGOs in, 239-40, 249, 274, 309-10, 311-12

official corruption in, 39-41

oil industry in, 53, 54-57, 71, 109-12, 138-39, 319

oligarchs in, 3, 41, 48-49, 53-57, 60, 65, 68, 74, 78, 110, 111, 115, 116-17, 123, 172, 211-12, 213, 229-30, 231, 249, 265

opposition movement in, 24, 231-32,