Table of Contents
Note to the Reader vii
Introduction ix
Glossary xvii
Who's Who xxi
Part I Apprentice 1
Chapter 1 The Neophyte 3
Chapter 2 Learning the Trade 25
Chapter 3 Behind Enemy Lines 41
Chapter 4 Glasnost, or Things Fall Apart 53
Chapter 5 Meet the Witch Doctors 63
Part II Master 81
Chapter 1 A Quiet Coup - Bespredel 83
Chapter 2 The Age of Miracles 93
Chapter 3 Time of Troubles 103
Chapter 4 Stumbling Towards Sochi 121
Chapter 5 In the Crosshairs Again 133
Part III Conjurer 139
Chapter 1 Operation Sochi Resultat 141
Chapter 2 The Two-Front War 153
Chapter 3 Let the Games Begin 165
Chapter 4 'The Pipes Need Fixing Again' 179
Chapter 5 Storm is Threatening 191
Chapter 6 The Secret Police Deserve the Truth 209
Chapter 7 The Bomb Explodes 219
Part IV Exile 231
Chapter 1 The Los Angeles Earthquake 233
Chapter 2 Going Public 245
Chapter 3 Welcome to 'Unpersonhood' 255
Chapter 4 Shelter from the Storm 263
Afterword: The Never-ending War 271
Appendix Operation Sochi Resultat, Step-by-Step 277
Abbreviations 287
Index 291
