Contents

1. NOTE TO THE READER
2. INTRODUCTION
3. GLOSSARY
4. WHO’S WHO
5. PART I: APPRENTICE
   1. CHAPTER 1 The Neophyte
   2. CHAPTER 2 Learning the Trade
   3. CHAPTER 3 Behind Enemy Lines
   4. CHAPTER 4 Glasnost, or Things Fall Apart
   5. CHAPTER 5 Meet the Witch Doctors
6. PART II: MASTER
   1. CHAPTER 1 A Quiet Coup – Bespredel
   2. CHAPTER 2 The Age of Miracles
   3. CHAPTER 3 Time of Troubles
   4. CHAPTER 4 Stumbling Towards Sochi
   5. CHAPTER 5 In the Crosshairs Again
7. PART III: CONJURER
   1. CHAPTER 1 Operation Sochi Resultat
   2. CHAPTER 2 The Two-Front War
   3. CHAPTER 3 Let the Games Begin
   4. CHAPTER 4 ‘The Pipes Need Fixing Again’
   5. CHAPTER 5 Storm is Threatening
   6. CHAPTER 6 The Secret Police Deserve the Truth
   7. CHAPTER 7 The Bomb Explodes
8. PART IV: EXILE
   1. CHAPTER 1 The Los Angeles Earthquake
   2. CHAPTER 2 Going Public
   3. CHAPTER 3 Welcome to ‘Unpersonhood’
   4. CHAPTER 4 Shelter from the Storm
9. AFTERWORD: The Never-ending War
10. APPENDIX: Operation Sochi Resultat, Step-by-Step
11. ABBREVIATIONS
12. INDEX