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The new nobility : the restoration of Russia's security state and the enduring legacy of the KGB /
In The New Nobility, two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political oppositio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
PublicAffairs,
©2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In The New Nobility, two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political opposition, reassert the power of the state, and carry out assassinations overseas. At the same time, its agents and spies were put beyond public accountability and blessed with the prestige, benefits, and legitimacy lost since the Soviet collapse. The security services have played a central-- and often myste. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781586489236 1586489232 1282789058 9781282789050 9781610390552 1610390555 9786612789052 6612789050 |