“I heard it from the Kremlin” Author interview with Vyacheslav Nikonov, April 29, 2007.
“overstepped its national borders” Vladimir Putin, quoted in official transcript of his February 10, 2007, speech before the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy.
When the United States said February 21, 2007, in
“Gentlemen, Russia has” Sergei Yastrzhembsky, quoted in
“Putin may be back” Author interview with Vyacheslav Nikonov.
“everything is the state” Author interview with Boris Volodarsky, February 28, 2007.
Chapter 4: Nikolai
“copper-colored skin was” Nikolai Khokhlov,
“artistic whistler” Ibid., 13.
In short order, Nikolai signed Sudoplatov et al.,
“Kube is killed” Khokhlov,
“kill a man whose” Ibid., 54.
“blond, blue-eyed good looks” Sudoplatov et al.,
“a young Sudoplatov” Nikolai Khokhlov spoke in person and by phone and communicated via e-mail numerous times during 2007. This particular quote came from a telephone interview with the author on June 9, 2007.
“I have big plans for you” Khokhlov,
“if he admitted” Author interview with Nikolai Khokhlov.
“the finest and most” Khokhlov,
“didn’t care” Author interview with Nikolai Khokhlov.
“short-witted” Khokhlov,
“apparently a very good man” Ibid., 201–02.
“Is it possible that this” Ibid., 240.
“I’ve come to you from” Ibid., 246.
“rigorous questioning” Author interview with Thomas Polgar, intelligence adviser to CIA station chief at the time, July 21, 2007.
he was a high-value catch Based on author interview with David E. Murphy, who was in charge of Soviet affairs for the CIA in Munich at the time of Nikolai’s defection, July 21, 2007.
“blow for blow” Khokhlov,
“keep Yana in the embassy” Khokhlov,
“I was desperate” Author interview with Nikolai Khokhlov.
“a slight, scholarly-appearing blond” Reporter quoted in
“Nobody went to your family” Khokhlov,
“say anything” Author interview with Thomas Polgar, July 20, 2007.
“he was never told” Author interview with David E. Murphy.
“nauseatingly friendly” This quote and details of the telephone calls and Yana’s sentence are from an unpublished addendum to
“things began to whirl” Khokhlov,
“To be honest, it’s hopeless” Ibid., 357.
He later told crusading Anna Politkovskaya,
“due to poisoning, probably”
“square accounts” Khokhlov,
“disgusted” Author interview with Nikolai Khokhlov.
“done everything right” Author interview with Nikolai Khokhlov.
Chapter 5:
Five years later Unless otherwise noted, detail and quotes throughout this chapter are from separate author interviews with Ilya Lysak, Irina Fadeeva, Elena Baranovskaya, and their families. The interviews were conducted on May 4, 2007, and May 5, 2007 (Lysak); May 3, 2007 (Fadeeva); and April 14, 2007 (Baranovskaya). In addition, the author interviewed Fadeeva and Baranovskaya at a dinner of the Nord-Ostsi (the “People of
Among the lucky ones was Alim Detail and quotes from author interviews with Alim and Zauddin Tlupov, August 26, 1997.
Anna entered the lobby area Quotes and detail from Anna Politkovskaya’s account of her visit,
Anna telephoned a trusted friend Quotes and detail of exchange with Dima Muratov and Alexander Voloshin from author interview with Muratov, September 4, 2007.
“You’ll help him” Elena Baranovskaya quoted by Anna Politkovskaya,
The assault had been organized with Mark Franchetti,
Still, after the fentanyl was released Detail on the continued pumping of fentanyl into the theater is from a former senior Kremlin official who observed the decision-making on the use of the gas firsthand. He spoke to the author on condition of anonymity so as to preserve his relations within the Kremlin.
A former Kremlin official who had Ibid.
“The gas was rather harmless” Author interview with Vyacheslav Nikonov.
Yuri Sinelshchikov, a former deputy Quotes and detail from author interview with Yuri Sinelshchikov.
Anna Politkovskaya had her suspicions Politkovskaya’s interview with Khanpasha
