First published in Novaya gazeta

First published in Great Britain in 2001 by The Harvill Press

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Copyright © Anna Politkovskaya, 1999
English translation copyright © John Crowfoot, 2001
Introduction copyright © Thomas de Waal, 2001

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All maps by Reginald Piggott

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