Introduction: Tatyana's Russia 1
1. Fifty-two Hours in Beslan 15
2. Project Putin 38
3. Time of the Patriots 63
4. The Takeover Will Be Televised 78
5. Just an Ordinary Crime 99
6. Soul Mates 121
7. Boomtown 139
8. Fifty-seven Hours in Moscow 156
9. Sick Man of Europe 179
10. Runaway Army 197
11. What Sort of Allies? 214
12. Dictatorship of the Law 231
13. Back in the USSR 251
14. Twilight of the Oligarchs 272
15. Agitation 293
16. Putin's Russia 312
17. Scam of the Year 335
18. Lenin Was Right After All 354
Epilogue: After Beslan 371
Acknowledgments 383
Notes 387
Selected Bibliography 433
Index 437