04018cam a22006017i 4500 21441832 BJBSDDR 20251128161618.0 ta 200221s2021 nyuacf b 001 0deng d 2020933664 9781250787323 1250787327 21441832 (OCoLC)1158968286 IG$ eng IG$ rda IG$ MLSOD YDXIT IEP DLC eng lccopycat e-ur--- e-ru--- 338 DK 510.763 B453p 2021 947.086/4 Belton, Catherine, 1973- 43459 Putin's people : how the KGB took back Russia and then took on the West / Catherine Belton. How the KGB took back Russia and then took on the West How the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti took back Russia and then took on the West Picador paperback edition New York : Picador : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. xvi, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Originally published in 2020 by William Collins, Great Britain. Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-596) and index. Part one. 'Operation Luch' -- Inside job -- 'The tip of an iceberg' -- Operation Successor: 'It was already after midnight' -- 'Children's toys in pools of mud' -- Part two. 'The inner circle made him' -- 'Operation Energy' -- Out of terror, an imperial awakening -- 'Appetite comes during eating' -- Part three. Obschak -- Londongrad -- The battle begins -- Black cash -- Soft power in an iron fist: 'I call them the Orthodox Taliban' -- The network and Donald Trump. A chilling and revelatory expose of the KGB's renaissance, Putin's rise to power, and how Russian black cash is subverting the world. In Putin's People, former Moscow correspondent and investigative journalist Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and his entourage of KGB men seized power in Russia and built a new league of oligarchs. Through exclusive interviews with key inside players, Belton tells how Putin's people conducted their relentless seizure of private companies, took over the economy, siphoned billions, blurred the lines between organized crime and political powers, shut down opponents, and then used their riches and power to extend influence in the West. In a story that ranges from Moscow to London, Switzerland and Trump's America, Putin's People is a gripping and terrifying account of how hopes for the new Russia went astray, with stark consequences for its inhabitants and, increasingly, the world. Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- 2697 Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti. Unión Soviética. Comité para la Seguridad del Estado 18354 Presidents Russia (Federation) Biography. Presidentes Rusia (Federación) 2699 Russia (Federation) Politics and government. Rusia (Federación) Política y gobierno 10353 Rusia (Federación) Relaciones exteriores United States. 5647 Russia (Federation) Foreign relations. Kremlin (Moscow, Russia) History. Moscú (Rusia) Historia 5246 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK rmza 124291 124291 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2025-07-17 0 338 DK 510.763 B453p 2021 00000195192 2025-07-17 16:48:00 1 2025-07-17 BK