TY  - BOOK
AU  - LeVine,Steve
TI  - Putin's labyrinth: spies, murder, and the dark heart of the new Russia 
SN  - 9781400066858 (alk. paper)
AV  - HN 530.2 L665p 2008
U1  - 364.154 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
KW  - Litvinenko, Alexander,
KW  - Political violence
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - State sponsored terrorism
KW  - Assassination
KW  - Terrorismo de Estado
KW  - Rusia
KW  - Siglo XX
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - 1991-
KW  - Víctimas de terrorismo de estado
KW  - Historia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-194) and index; Russia's dark side -- How Putin got elected -- Getting to know the Putin -- Nikolai -- Nord-Ost -- The exiles -- The crusading American -- Murder on an elevator -- The traitor -- Polonium
N2  - From the Publisher:  In Putin's Labyrinth, acclaimed journalist Steve LeVine, who lived in and reported from the former Soviet Union for more than a decade, provides a gripping account of modern Russia. President Dmitri Medvedev and the country's real power, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, are posing a resolute challenge to the West. In a penetrating narrative that recounts the lives and deaths of six Russians, LeVine portrays the growth of a "culture of death"-from targeted assassinations of the state's enemies to the Kremlin's indifference when innocent hostages are slaughtered. Interviews with eyewitnesses and the families and friends of these victims reveal how Russians manage to negotiate their way around the ever-present danger of violence and the emotional toll that this lethal maze is exacting on ordinary people. The result is a fresh way of assessing the forces that are driving this major new confrontation with the West
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008016581.html
ER  -