The Oligarchs

Wealth And Power In The New Russia

By: David Hoffman

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Paperback | 13 September 2011 | Edition Number 1

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In this saga of brilliant triumphs and magnificent failures, David E. Hoffman, the former Moscow bureau chief for the Washington Post, sheds light on the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men— Alexander Smolensky, Yuri Luzhkov, Anatoly Chubais, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky, and Vladimir Gusinsky—Hoffman shows how a rapacious, unruly capitalism was born out of the ashes of Soviet communism.

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"[Hoffman's] account is the most dramatic and comprehensive yet... What makes this account both devastating and entertaining is the way Hoffman has pieced it together... he has read far and wide, and operated like a probing private eye." (New York Times Book Review) "[Hoffman's] book may well be the most authoritative account we will ever get of the early days of the four true 'oligarchs'... He describes and analyzes so well the methods by which money and power were grabbed in the new Russia." (New York Review of Books) "One of the most vivid and well-researched accounts to date of this tumultuous period in recent Russian history." (Newsweek) "Hoffman makes the tale of the men's rise and fall a masterful blend of adventure and serious, informed analysis." (Foreign Affairs) "In his devastating portrait of the so-called Russian oligarchy...Hoffman's... account provides us with more than its share of instruction...Hoffman brilliantly shows how seemingly halting and insignificant acts finally culminated in changes in a whole society." (Washington Post)"

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The Oligarchs, Ten Years Later: An Introduction to the 2011 Paperback Edition	p. ix
Prologue	p. 1

Shadows and Shortages	p. 11
Alexander Smolensky	p. 31
Yuri Luzhkov	p. 54
Anatoly Chubais	p. 78
Mikhail Khodorkovsky	p. 100
Boris Berezovsky	p. 127
Vladimir Gusinsky	p. 150

Unlocking the Treasure	p. 177
Easy Money	p. 209
The Man Who Rebuilt Moscow	p. 237
The Club on Sparrow Hills	p. 270
The Embrace of Wealth and Power	p. 296
Saving Boris Yeltsin	p. 325
The Bankers' War	p. 365
Roar of the Dragons	p. 397
Hardball and Silver Bullets	p. 442
Epilogue	p. 491
Afterword to the 2003 Paperback Edition	p. 493
Postscript: Where They Are Now, May 2011	p. 501
Notes	p. 503
Bibliography	p. 551
Acknowledgments	p. 556
Index	p. 559
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