The Man Without a Face

as prime minister, 22, 26–27, 172, 263

reelection (2000) of, 263

reelection candidacy (2004) of, 183, 184–85, 186, 187–88, 263

relationships of, 58–59

Rozhdestvensky and, 159–61

Sobchak and, 95–99, 117, 123, 124, 125, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142–44, 184

Soviet Union and, 133–34, 182, 270

as St. Petersburg deputy mayor, 134

as St. Petersburg political aide, 15–16, 21–22

television and, 171–72, 173–74, 187–88, 228

terrorism and, 217–18

as thug and fighter, 48–49, 50–52, 145, 242, 265

U.S. journalism on, 229–30, 233, 248

vertical power strengthening of, 181–82

vulgarisms of, 264–65

wealth of, 254, 256–57, 258–59

Yeltsin and, 19–20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30–31, 35

Putina, Ekaterina (daughter), 63, 69

Putina, Ludmila Alexandrovna (wife), 58–59, 63, 69, 70, 119–20, 140

Putina, Maria (daughter), 59, 63

Putina, Maria Ivanovna (mother), 44, 45, 47, 52, 55–56

Radio Liberty / Radio Free Europe, 32, 34, 36

Red Army Faction (RAF), 65

Revenko, Yevgeniy, 185, 188

Revolutions, Russian, 53, 71, 178, 180

Rodina (Motherland), 227

Roginsky, Arseniy, 117

Roldugin, Sergei, 57–58, 70

Rosinvest, 256

Rosneft, 241, 253, 254

Rostov, 196, 212

Rozhdestvensky, Dmitry, 156–61

Rushailo, Vladimir, 39

Russia

authoritarianism of, 261–62

constitution, 153, 154, 181

corruption in, 248, 255–56, 258, 264, 266, 270

crime, 2, 155, 169, 246. See also Corruption

democracy and, 131, 132, 134, 181–89, 227–28

economic crisis (1998), 181, 236–37

economy of, 255

legislature, 125–26

national anthem, 179, 180

new flag (1991), 114–15, 178

new government (1990s), 114–15, 124, 125–26, 131–32, 138

political analysts on Putin’s, 177–78

privatization, 14, 135, 164, 236

regions of, 181

revolutions, 53, 71, 178, 180

state seal, 179

U.S. journalism on, 228–30, 233, 248

wealth and property redistribution, 124–25, 131

wealth disparity, 134–35

Russian Federation, 179, 181. See also Russia

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 179

Russian Union of Journalists, 188

Russkoye Video, 156–61, 162

Rutskoy, Alexander, 112–13

Ryazan, 24, 36–40, 41, 202, 203

Rybakov, Yuli, 82, 103, 180, 203

Sakharov, Andrei, 3, 28, 73, 82–83, 84, 85–86, 88, 174

Salye, Marina, 80–81, 83, 86, 87, 101–2, 125, 127–28, 136, 209, 258

coup (1991) and, 109, 110, 112, 115

on Leningrad city council, 88, 89, 91, 104–5, 109, 110, 112, 118, 119, 121, 122–23, 124

Sambo (Soviet martial art), 51–52, 55

Samodurov, Yuri, 175

Samsonov, Viktor, 109, 111, 112–13

Sarovoitova, Galina, 84

Sergeyev, Igor, 35

Sharogradskaya, Anna, 136–37, 138

Shchekochikhim, Yuri, 211, 212, 226

Shcherbakov, Vyacheslav, 92, 113, 116

Shevchenko, Yuri, 141, 143

Shield and the Sword, The, 52

Shuvalov, Igor, 251

Skoybeda, Vitaly, 109, 114, 140, 141, 143

Sobchak, Anatoly Alexandrovich, 15, 21, 84, 91–92, 103, 105, 107, 127, 135, 141, 157, 158, 159, 254, 255

coup (1991) and, 109–11, 112, 113, 116–17, 118

death of, 143–44, 226

investigation of, 139, 140

Putin and, 95–99, 117, 123, 124, 125, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 140, 142–44, 184

unpopularity of, 137, 138–39

Soshnikov, Ivan, 77–78

Soviet-Finnish War, 71

Soviet-German war, 44–46

Soviet military intelligence, 53

Soviet republics, 106–7

Soviet Union (USSR), 185–86

changes (1985), 66

changes (1987–1989), 77–88

collapse, 2, 5, 14, 22, 29, 73–74, 81, 85, 102, 106–7, 114–15, 165

flag, 114–15, 178

national anthem, 179–80

protests in Leningrad, 75–76

Putin and, 133–34, 182, 270

St. Isaac’s Square (Leningrad), 72, 76, 89

St. Petersburg, 8–9, 15–16, 21–22, 43, 46, 73, 81, 92, 93, 123, 124, 133, 136, 158, 184

economic problems, 134–35, 139