Contents

Prologue

1         Vlad the Conqueror

2         Agent and Lover

3         Drama in Dresden

4         Trust and Tanks

5         Tricks of the Trade

6         The Oligarchs

7         The Gravy Train

8         Slings and Arrows

9         Rising Tsar

10       Premier Putin

11       Yeltsin’s Bombshell

12       Blair Flies East

13       Putin’s Revenge

14       Blood on his Doorstep

15       Love Me Do

16       Get Khodorkovsky

17       Trusted Friends

18       The Fair Sex

19       In Putin’s Wake

20       The Money Trail

21       Putin’s Pride

22       Putin’s Legacy

Postscript