The New Nobility The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB

by Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina

• ISBN13: 9781610390552
• ISBN10: 1610390555
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-13
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

Summary

The security services have played a central--and often mysterious--role at key turning points in Russia during the tumultuous years following the Soviet collapse: from the Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan school massacre. In this riveting investigation, two intrepid journalists penetrate the secret world of the FSB and illustrate how the security services have evolved into a ruthless, violently powerful force that is inextricably woven into modern Russia's fundamental makeup, and has become more shadowy than its predecessor, the Soviet KGB.

Author Biography

Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan are cofounders of Agentura.Ru and authors of The Red Web and The New Nobility. Their work has been featured in the New York Times, Moscow Times, Washington Post, Online Journalism Review, Le Monde, Christian Science Monitor, CNN, and BBC. The New York Times has called Agentura.ru "a web site that came in from the cold to unveil Russian secrets." Soldatov and Borogan live in Moscow, Russia.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
The FSB Regains Power
Introduction	p. 3
The Dawn of a New Era: The Birth of the FSB	p. 9
Friends in High Places: Cultivating the Security Services	p. 23
"The Interests of the State Demand It": Spymaria	p. 35
The Threat Within: Infiltrating Countermovements	p. 49
Targeting Extremism: The Rise of "Watchdog Surveillance	p. 63
Living Off the Fat of the Land: The New Elite	p. 75
The Love of the Game: The FSB and National Sport	p. 83
The Renaissance of Yuri Andropov	p. 91
The Propaganda Machine: Image-Making and the FSB	p. 101
The Secret Underground	p. 117
Lefortovo Prison	p. 125
Response to Terrorism
The Nord-Ost Siege	p. 135
The Beslan Crisis	p. 155
The Russian Response	p. 165
Extrajudicial Killings	p. 179
Activity Abroad
Assassinations	p. 193
FSB Intelligence	p. 209
Hackers	p. 227
Conclusion	p. 239
	p. 243
	p. 247
Acknowledgments	p. 251
Notes	p. 255
Index	p. 285
About the Authors	p. 301
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