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elections in, 34, 49, 53, 72, 80–91, 96, 105, 118–19, 125, 128–29, 131–32, 134, 146
graft and corruption in, 5, 13, 33, 54, 58–59, 64, 72, 75–76, 81, 105–6, 110, 125, 251
Gusinsky’s TV station and, 33
Kursk incident and, 151, 162
Listyev’s fame and, 51–52
Litvinenko’s death and, 232
Litvinenko’s poisoning and, 227
Ostankino Tower fire and, 166
patronage in, 75
and planned assassination of Litvinenko, 215
political parties in, 132–35, 141, 145
Sibneft and, 72–73, 75–76
and symbolism of Ladas, 13
violence and crime in, 5, 15–17, 19–25, 60, 63–64
World Economic Forum and, 81–82
Russian Public Television, see ORT
S
Saakashvili, Mikheil, 209
St. Petersburg, 107–9, 125, 143, 149, 203
Seven Bankers, 84
Shakespeare, William, 246
Siberia, 99, 203–4
Abramovich and, 47, 113–16, 118–19
Sibneft:
Abramovich and, 71–73, 75, 77, 87–88, 97, 114–17, 147, 184, 186, 199, 218, 231, 245, 248–49
Berezovsky and, 72–73, 76–77, 80, 82–83, 87–88, 96, 117–18, 184, 199, 245
Chechen conflicts and, 117
creation of, 71–77, 87
elections and, 87
Family and, 117
Goncharova and, 71, 75–77
and loans for shares program, 75–76, 115–16
Patarkatsishvili and, 75, 116
Project Boris and, 117
Yeltsin and, 72, 87, 117
Skuratov, Yuri, 131
Smolenski, Alexander, 75
Soros, George, 80–82, 84, 174
Soskovets, Oleg, 91
Soviet Union, 4, 21–22, 24, 81, 186, 249
Stalin, Joseph, 7, 86, 114, 128
Lubyanka and, 98–99
purges of, 148
State Duma, Russian, 80, 127, 131
T
television stations:
Berezovsky’s interests in, 29–36, 45, 49–50, 52–56, 58, 64, 72, 74, 80, 82, 87, 96, 116, 131, 133–34, 145, 147, 158–63, 165, 167–69, 172–73, 183–87, 191–92, 200, 207, 214, 236, 245, 248
Gusinsky and, 32–35, 83, 86, 132, 146
NTV and, 33, 83, 86, 132, 134, 146, 165
see also ORT
terrorism:
Chechens and, 5, 16, 24, 96, 117, 133, 193
on 9/11, 216
U
United Kingdom, 117, 121, 197–98, 209, 243–55
Berezovsky’s death in, 257–59
Berezovsky’s exile in, 191–93, 206, 208, 210
and Berezovsky’s suit against Abramovich, 235–36, 239, 243–52, 254
Litvinenko’s assassination and, 226–27, 230, 232
Litvinenko’s escape to, 130
Litvinenko’s exile in, 189–94, 210, 213–15, 217–19, 222–23
Litvinenko’s poisoning and, 225–27
Unity Party, 132–35, 141, 145
V
Voloshin, Alexander, 157, 160–63
voucher program, 33–34
W
World Economic Forum, 79–82, 84–86
Oligarchs and, 81, 84
Y
Yelena (Berezovsky’s girlfriend), 179–83
and Berezovsky’s suit against Abramovich, 247, 250
Yeltsin, Boris, 12, 128–35, 137–42, 144, 146–47, 160, 174, 246, 249–50
and assassination of Listyev, 63–64
and attempted arrest of Gusinsky, 48
attempted coups against, 30, 141
and Berezovsky’s complaint against FSB, 103
Berezovsky’s relationship with, 23, 31–32, 61, 91, 96, 110, 122, 128, 131
Berezovsky’s TV interests and, 33–34
Communists and, 30, 72, 80–81, 84, 86
constitutional term limits and, 125, 128–29, 138
end of term of, 134–35
Family and, 32, 35, 81, 83, 91, 97, 107, 109, 125, 130–31, 133
Korzhakov’s relationship with, 30
presidential campaign of, 34, 49, 53, 72, 80–90, 105, 118–19, 128, 183
Presidential Club and, 28, 85
Putin and, 107, 109, 133, 140–41
resignation of, 138–41
retirement of, 147
Sibneft and, 72, 87, 117
World Economic Forum and, 81–82, 84
Yeltsin, Tatiana, 31, 35, 83–84, 90–91, 97, 127–28, 147
new millennium and, 134–35
Putin and, 130, 134
Unity Party and, 132, 134
Yevstafyev, Arkady, 89
Yukos, 74, 82, 207
Yumashev, Valentin, 31–32, 35, 141
Z
Zakayev, Akhmed, 219
Zhegulev, Ilya, 254–56
Zyuganov, Gennady, 72, 80–81, 86
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