TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gessen,Masha
TI  - The man without a face: the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin 
SN  - 1594488428 : HRD
AV  - DK510.766.P87 G47 2012
U1  - 947.086/2092 
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - New York
PB  - RIVERHEAD BOOKS
KW  - Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1991-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-307) and index; The accidental president  -- The election war -- The autobiography of a thug -- Once a spy -- A coup and a crusade -- The end of Sobchak -- The day the media died -- The dismantling of democracy -- Rule of terror -- Insatiable greed
N2  - Documents the Russian prime minister's rapid ascent to the presidency, describing his selection by Boris Yeltsin's oligarchy and the ways in which his views and ambitions have renewed Russia's threatening position
ER  -