Darkness at Dawn : The Rise of the Russian Criminal State

by David Satter

• ISBN13: 9780300098921
• ISBN10: 0300098928
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-04-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Recounting in detail the development of a new era of repression, the author examines the fraudulent investment schemes, massive corruption & the intrusion of organized crime that has lead to criminal involvement at every level of Russian society & administration.

Author Biography

David Satter is now senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, and visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
List of Abbreviations and Administrative Delineations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
The Kursk	p. 5
Ryazan	p. 24
The Young Reformers	p. 34
The History of Reform	p. 45
The Gold Seekers	p. 72
The Workers	p. 93
Law Enforcement	p. 112
Organized Crime	p. 127
Ulyanovsk	p. 156
Vladivostok	p. 165
Krasnoyarsk	p. 182
The Value of Human Life	p. 198
The Criminalization of Consciousness	p. 222
Conclusion: Does Russia Have a Future?	p. 248
Notes	p. 257
Bibliography	p. 289
Acknowledgments	p. 303
Index	p. 305
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