Masha Gessen: The Man Without a Face

in elections, 182–83, 184–85, 186–88, 228, 267–68

of Putin, 254, 256–57, 258, 259–60, 261, 266, 270

in Russia, 248, 255–56, 258, 264, 266, 270

Coup (1991), 105–6, 107–14, 115–18, 119, 235

Courtyards, of Soviet apartment buildings, 46, 48

Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB (Goldfarb), 224

Decrees, 153–54, 181, 182

Democracy

Kasparov campaign to establish, 102, 190–91, 192–97

Putin and, 131, 132, 134, 181–82, 184, 187, 190–91

Russia and, 131, 132, 134, 181–89, 227–28

Democratic Russia, 5

Democrats (Russia), 110, 115, 126, 227

KGB and, 98

Detention cells/camps, 74, 149

Discussion groups, Leningrad, 76, 77, 80

Dissidents, 61, 72, 73, 126. See also “Informals”

Dorenko, Sergei, 171–73

Dozen Knives at My Back, A (Sobchak), 141

Drel, Anton, 240

Dresden, 62–64, 65–67, 68–69, 70

Dresden University of Technology, 64

Drozdov, Yuri, 97

Dubeykovskaya, Yana, 184, 186

Dubov, Yuli, 257

Duma, 6, 20, 22, 180, 203, 228. See also Parliament

Dzasokhov, Alexander, 214

Echo Moskvy, 1, 2, 204

Economic crisis (1998), 181, 236–37

Economy, 236

Illarionov and, 230–33

Putin and, 230, 231, 232, 233, 241, 253–54, 259

Russian, 255

St. Petersburg, 134–35, 139

Elections

corruption in, 182–83, 184–85, 186–88, 228, 267–68

journalism and, 228–29

1989, 83–84

parliamentary (2003), 227–28, 243

presidential (2000), 263

presidential (2004), 183–88, 263

presidential (2008), 263

Putin presidential candidacy, 19–22, 27, 28, 29, 30–31, 36, 41–42, 127, 142, 145, 147, 148–49, 150–51, 153, 183, 184–85, 186, 187–88, 263, 270

Putin’s changes to, 190

Estonia, 106, 133

Ethnic conflicts, 106. See also Armenia; Chechens; Chechnya

European Union, 133, 208

“Family” (around Yeltsin), 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 29

Federal Security Service (FSB), 23, 38, 40, 209, 213, 214

apartment-block bombings (1999) and, 31, 38–42, 202, 203, 216, 217

assassinations, 200, 201

Putin and, 18, 39, 41, 42, 152–53, 160, 172, 200–201

terrorism and, 217

whistle-blowers, 199–204

Felshtinsky, Yuri, 202, 203

Flag

new Russia (1991), 114–15, 178

USSR, 114–15, 178

Foreign postings

Dresden, 62–64, 65–67, 68–69, 70

money and, 64–65

Foundation for Effective Politics, 27, 28, 131

FSB. See Federal Security Service

Gagry, 56

Gaidar, Yegor, 13, 127

Gazprom, 163, 164, 253

Georgia, 45, 56, 106

Germany, 44, 53, 133

East, 62–64, 65–66, 67–70

emigrants from East to West, 67

protests and unrest in East, 66, 67–69

reunification, 66, 68

West, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67–68

See also World War II

Gevorkyan, Natalia, 32, 33–34, 36, 45, 52, 93, 161

Gidaspov, Boris, 89

GKChP. See State Committee for the State of Emergency in the USSR

Glasnost (openness), 73

Glazyev, Sergei, 184–85, 186

Glinka, Mikhail, 179

Goldfarb, Alexander, 28, 182, 202, 223, 224–25

Gonchar, Nikolai, 115

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 4, 66, 73–74, 85–86, 93, 98, 164, 178

coup (1991) and, 106, 107, 108, 114, 115

Great Palace (Kremlin), 151

Great Terror, 79

Grozny, 25, 26, 146–50, 209

Gusinsky, Vladimir, 36, 41, 132, 155, 156, 159, 161, 162–64, 174, 175, 185, 188, 189

Hamzat (Chechen man), 148–49

Hermitage Fund, 234, 244

Hostage incidents, 218

Beslan school, 189–90, 191–94, 212–17, 218, 221, 248–49

Moscow theater, 204–8, 209, 210–11, 213, 217, 218

House of culture, Kasparov at, 191–92

“Hyde Park” (Mikhailov Gardens, Leningrad), 77–78

Illarionov, Andrei, 230–33, 235, 243, 248, 249, 259

Independent Press Center, 137, 138

“Informals,” 74–76, 92, 93

Information Point, 76, 77

Interregional Group, 3

Itogi , 1–2, 164

Ivanov, Igor, 35

Journalism, 137, 138

elections and, 228–29

investigative, 144, 211–13, 221

Putin coverage in U.S., 229–30, 233, 248

Russia coverage in U.S., 228–30, 233, 248

Kadyrov, Ramzan, 224–25

Kartofelnikov, Alexei, 37, 38, 40

Kasparov, Garry, 102, 190–91, 192–97, 218, 267

Kasyanov, Mikhail, 153, 154, 163, 164, 242, 249–51

Kazansky Cathedral (Leningrad), 78

KGB, 3, 8, 137, 162

active reserve, 93–94, 95, 136

bloating (1970s) of, 60, 63

coup (1991) and, 66, 99, 108, 110, 115, 117

democrats and, 98

directorates, 64

dismantling of, 114

dissidents and, 61

drafting of undercover agents, 64, 66

Dresden outpost, 62–64, 65–67, 68–69, 70

ideology of, 60, 63

illegal intelligence directorate, 64, 97

image of, 52

officer school, 61

Putin and, 17, 18, 28, 32, 36, 50–51, 52–53, 54, 55, 56–57, 59–64, 65–67, 68–69, 70, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98–99, 117, 118, 133, 134, 136, 181, 260

spy school, 62

Khakamada, Irina, 186, 187, 188

Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, 131–32, 213, 235–43, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252–53, 254, 259–60

Khramtsov, Viktor, 109

Khrushchev, Nikita, 179

Klebanov, Ilya, 169–70

Knowledge Day, 188–89

Kolesnikov, Sergei, 254–55, 256–57, 258

Kommersant , 152, 182

Komsomol, 235

Kontinent, 118, 119

Kovalev, Alexei, 75, 89, 180

Kovtun, Dmitry, 225, 226

Kraft, Robert, 258

Kremlin, 16, 141, 151, 211, 219

television and, 167–68

Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 117, 118, 152

Kuroyedov, Vladimir, 169

Kursk disaster, 164–72, 173, 206

Larry King Live , 173

Latvia, 106

Lebedev, Platon, 238, 240, 242, 250, 252

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, 235–36

Leningrad, 61, 70, 107, 119, 120

activism, 77–79, 82, 83, 84, 86–88

Angleterre Hotel bombing (1987), 72–73, 75–76, 77

Committee for Foreign Relations, 121

commodity exports, 121–24

food imports, 121–22, 123–24

meat imports, 104–5, 118–19

postwar, 72

Putin as deputy mayor of, 107, 119, 120–23

rationing and protests (1989–1990), 102–4

Siege of, 43–45, 46, 71–72, 102

television station, 110, 112

See also St. Petersburg

Leningrad city council, 92–93, 102, 103, 114, 125

coup (1991) and, 109–11, 112

Putin in, 95–99

Salye on, 88, 89, 91, 104–5, 109, 110, 112, 118, 119, 121, 122–23, 124

See also St. Petersburg city council

Leningrad State University, 54, 55, 59, 94–95, 96

Lesin, Mikhail, 163

Liberal Democratic Party, 227

Liberals, 186–87, 227, 230

Linkov, Ruslan, 7

Lithuania, 106

Litvinenko, Alexander, 199–203, 209–10, 220

poisoning of, 221–26, 260

Litvinovich, Marina, 27–28, 167, 168, 186, 187, 200–202, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218–19, 222–23, 224, 239, 240

Lugovoy, Andrei, 225, 226

Lustration, 70

bill, 3, 4, 6

Luzhkov, Yuri, 20, 21, 27, 111, 161

Magnitsky, Sergei, 245, 246–48

Maksimov, Vladimir, 137

Maksimova, Tamara, 137

Man with a Ruble (Khodorkovsky and Nevzlin), 235–36, 238

Mariinsky Palace (Leningrad), 89, 90, 109, 111, 112

Maskhadov, Aslan, 214, 215

Mayakovsky Square rally (Moscow, 1991), 4–5

Meat imports, 102

Leningrad and, 104–5, 118–19

Media, 14, 162

police special forces and, 155–56

Putin and, 163–64

Media-Most, 155–56, 159