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Russia is no stranger to political murder, from the Tsars and the Soviets to the Putin regime, during which many journalists, activists and political opponents have been slain. However convenient these deaths are for Putin, Kremlin defenders like to assert that there is no evidence against him, and because Putin controls all the investigations, he is never seen holding a smoking gun. This book provides new information about the most famous victims - such as Alexander Litvinenko, the former secret service officer who was poisoned while living in London, and the statesman Boris Nemtsov, who was murdered outside the Kremlin in 2015 - and traces Putin's journey from the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the late 1990s to his subsequent rise to absolute power as the Kremlin's leader today. Long hidden in plain sight, this is a chilling story with huge ramifications.

POLITICAL VIOLENCE--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) --- ASSASSINATION--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) --- STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM--RUSSIA (FEDERATION) --- SECRET SERVICE--RUSSIA (FEDERATION)