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arrest and imprisonment of, 236, 237-38, 319

auto business and, 30-31

Gochiyayev, Achemez, 215, 269, 276, 279-81, 282-83

Litvinenko and Felshtinsky’s contacts with, 260-62, 263-64, 265, 270, 277

Godunov, Boris, Czar of Russia, 251-52, 254

Goldfarb, Alex:

Aeroflot and, 142

Assassination of Russia
film and, 248-52, 253, 254

background of, 5-6, 22

Berezovsky and, 117, 203-6, 216, 229-34, 239-40, 247-52, 344

British travel restrictions placed on, 18

Chechen peace accord and, 106

Chechen-Russian pipeline reopening deal and, 112-14

election of 1996 and, 81

Gaidar poisoning and, 346-47

Gazprom deal and, 109-12, 114-15

Gochiyayev and, 279-81

Kovalyov and, 271-73

Lebed’s “Russian Legion” memo and, 98

Litvinenko and, 3-19, 55, 224-25, 243, 247-48, 264-66, 317-33, 335-48

Litvinenko’s final statement and, 328

Litvinenko’s poisoning and, 317-29, 335-48

Moscow bombings investigation and, 254-60, 265-66, 267-69, 279-81, 300

Moscow visits to Berezovsky by, 45-47, 55-57

Orange Revolution and, 316

Putin’s federal restructuring and, 204-5

Russian opposition movement and, 248-52, 288-89

second Chechen war and, 287, 288-89, 293-95, 312-13

Soros and, 46-47, 55-56, 69-71, 106, 117, 216, 229-32

Soros-Chernomyrdin meeting and, 69-71

Trepashkin and, 267-69, 283-86

Yushenkov killing and, 277-79

Zakayev and, 305, 312-13

Golovlyov, Vladimir, 278-79

Gongadze, Georgy, 316

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 70, 141, 164, 347

Gordievsky, Oleg, 242-43, 341

Grachev, Pavel, 62, 88

Graham, Tom, 248, 258, 273, 276, 310

Great Gatsby, The
(Fitzgerald), 50

Greece, Gusinsky’s arrest in, 303

Grigoryants, Sergei, 24

Grishankov, Mikhail, 315

Grozny, Chechnya, 31, 47-48, 69, 137

Chechen rebel seizure of, 85-86

destruction of, 39, 88, 95

execution of ethnic Russians in, 105

Russian bombing of, 190-91

Grozny Drama Theater, 85

GRU (Military Intelligence), 95, 96, 120, 142, 198-99, 340

Guardian
, 303, 329

Gulag, 4, 23, 170, 203, 205, 242-43

Gurevich, Vera, 178, 179

Gusak, Alexander, 118-19, 125, 126, 127, 244

BBC interview of, 132

as whistle-blower, 130-32, 146

Gusinsky, Vladimir (Goose), 34

arrest of, 303

Berezovsky’s alliance with, 59-62, 64-65, 67-68, 71, 75-77, 78, 80

Berezovsky’s falling-out with, 189-90

Berezovsky’s peace-making with, 218

election of 1999 and, 192

Luzhkov and, 60, 64, 65, 77, 192

Putin’s conflict with, 181, 198, 205, 206, 207-8, 211-12, 213, 232, 233, 235-36, 238

Russian opposition movement and, 269, 284

Svyazinvest deal and, 116

Haig, Alexander, 292-93

Hamburg, Germany, 340, 341

Harrison, John, 336

Harvard University, 63

Health Protection Agency (HPA), British, 331, 332, 336, 338-39

Henry, John, 320, 321, 324, 326, 330

Hero of Our Time, The
, 286

Hiatt, Fred, 273

Highgate Cemetery, 333

Hiroshima, atomic bombing of (1945), 327, 348

Hitler, Adolf, 258

Human Rights Watch, 201, 293

Hussein, Saddam, 140

Ignatius, David, 207

Ilyushin, Viktor, 33, 34

Independent
, 225

Independent Investigations
, 198

Ingushetia, 153, 160, 241

“In Support of the Army and the Military Industry” movement, 137

Interfax, 308

Interior Ministry, Russian, 39-40, 54, 126

Chechen conflict and, 159

Dagestan insurgency and, 144

Lebed’s secret files on, 86, 95-97, 120

Internal Affairs Ministry, Russian, 119

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 337

International Foundation for Civil Liberties (IFCL), 238-40, 242, 249, 250, 258, 269, 274, 285, 293-94, 310, 316

International Herald Tribune
, 261

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 50, 63, 139

International School, 242

Internet, 69-71, 269, 296, 297

Interpol, 7, 291, 303

Israel, 100, 101

Istanbul, Turkey, 12, 13-17, 21

Italy, 342

Itsu (London sushi restaurant), 318, 339, 340-41

Ivan IV (the Terrible), Czar of Russia, 76, 251

Ivanov, Igor, 296

Ivanov, Sergei, 238, 311

James, Jon, 144, 153

Jews, discrimination against and persecution of, 71, 100-101, 144-45, 147, 213, 231

Joseph (U.S. lawyer in Turkey), 7-8

Justice Ministry, Russian, 4, 278, 310

Kadannikov, Vladimir, 63, 76

Kadyrov, Akhmad, 273

Kalugin, Oleg, 308

Kamyshnikov, A. P., 124, 145-46

Kara-Murza, Vladimir, Jr., 294-95

Karnaukh, Vladimir, 185, 186

Kartofelnikov, Alexei, 196

Kazakhstan, 300, 301

KB Sukhoy, 62

Kemal Ataturk Airport, 13, 15-17

Kennan Institute, 259

Kennedy, John F., 204

KGB, 21, 22-24, 152, 163, 178, 240, 271, 300-301, 306, 344

Anti-Terrorist Center (ATC) of, 23, 24, 26, 87, 118, 119, 122, 124

Bukovsky and Gordievsky as foes of, 242-43

Division of Economic Security of, 23

Fifth Chief Directorate of, 24

First Chief Directorate of, 179

FSB as successor to, 3, 29-31, 301

Khokhlov murder and, 326

Primakov and, 140, 156

prison system of, 4, 23, 205, 242-43

Prodi alleged ties with, 342

Putin and, 135, 172-73, 180, 182, 183
see also
Federal Security Bureau (FSB)

Kharchenko, Vladimir, 169

Khasavyurt Accord (1996), 85, 94-95, 102, 104

Khasbulatov, Ruslan, 290

Khattab, Amir, 215, 279

Khokhlov, Nikolai, 326

Khokholkov, Evgeny, 243

Dudayev assassination and, 96, 120, 224

Felshtinsky’s meeting with, 213-14

URPO “special tasks” unit and, 119-21, 124, 125, 127, 132, 133, 145, 146, 213

Kholodov, Dmitry, 37

Khrushchev, Nikita S., 76, 164

Kiriyenko, Sergei, 138, 140, 164

Kiselev, Evgeny, 80-81

Kivelidi, Ivan, 37

Kizlyar, Russia, 59

Koch, Alfred, 116, 123

Kodanev, Mikhail, 278

Kolbe, Fritz, 225

Kommersant
, 182, 199, 250

Komsomolskaya Pravda
, 39

Korigov, Daud, 152-53

Korolkov, Igor, 282-83

Korzhakov, Alexander, 33, 34, 35, 36-37, 39-40, 54

Berezovsky and, 73, 126, 131, 142-43

Chernomyrdin wiretapped by, 71-72

Chubais and, 62

Dudayev assassination and, 120

election of 1996 and, 62, 63, 65, 68-69, 73, 74-77, 78-82

Lebed’s alliance with, 98

Litvinenko and, 36-37, 39-40

Most-Bank raid and, 60-61, 65

Trofimov and, 71-72

Yeltsin’s firing of, 81, 126

Kostarev, Alexander, 250

Kovalev, Nikolai, 243, 329

Litvinenko whistle-blowing and, 130, 133-34

Putin and, 136

URPO “special tasks” unit and, 11819, 12021, 125, 127, 13334

Zakayev and, 294

Kovalyov, Sergei:

Moscow bombings investigation and, 263, 269, 270, 27174, 276, 281

Moscow theater siege and, 273-74

Kovtun, Dmitry, 340-42, 343, 344

Kozyrev, Andrei, 62, 63

Kravchenko, Evgeny, 186, 193

Kremlin, 171

Palace of Congresses of, 154

Kress, Viktor, 177-78 342-43

Krymshamkhalov, Yusuf, 215, 270, 271, 279, 283

Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 202

Kuchma, Leonid, 110, 307, 316

Kukly
television show, 60, 61

Kulikov, Anatoly, 75, 126, 269

Chechen peace negotiations and, 102-3, 107

Lebed’s conflict with, 97-100

Kurbanov, Khamad, 93

Kurgan gang, 31, 35, 36, 39

Kursk
disaster, 208-12, 234

Latvia, 250, 266

Latyshenok, Konstantin, 132, 145-46

Lavrov, Sergei, 311

Lazovsky, Maxim, 246-47

Lebed, Alexander:

Chechen conflict and, 78, 85, 95, 98, 138

election of 1996 and, 63, 77, 78, 80, 8081

election of 2000 and, 164, 177

Korzhakov’s alliance with, 98

Kulikov’s conflict with, 97-100

NSC appointment of, 78

raid on secret files of, 86, 95-97, 120

“Russian Legion” memo of, 96, 98, 99

Yeltsin’s firing of, 99

le Carré, John, 14, 243

Le Figaro
, 233

Lefortovo prison, Russia, 4, 165-71, 185, 186, 262, 271

Lena (Marina Litvinenkos friend), 25-26

Lenin, V. I., 163, 230

Leningrad, USSR, 178

Lenin’s Tomb, 49

Leppard, David, 321

Lermontov, Mikhail, 260

Lewinsky, Monica, 159

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