Book "Ludzie Putina. Jak KGB odzyskało Rosję i zwróciło się przeciwko Zachodowi" by Catherine Belton

War in Ukraine, sponsoring extremist politics in Europe, influencing the 2016 U.S. election. In recent years, Vladimir Putin's Russia has waged a coordinated campaign to expand its influence and weaken Western institutions.

How and why did all this happen and who orchestrated it?

Investigative journalist Catherine Belton describes the story of Vladimir Putin's rise to power and the small group of KGB men surrounding him. Delving into the workings of Putin's Kremlin, she gets to the key players in internal politics and reveals how Putin replaced the unruly tycoons of the Yeltsin era with a new generation of loyal oligarchs who undermined their country's economy and legal system and expanded their influence in the West.

The result is a chilling expose of the KGB's plan to retaliate. It's a story that began long ago in the darkness of the collapse of the Soviet Union, when a network of agents was able to move billions of dollars out of Russia to the West. After Putin's takeover of the economy, this network acquired new cash flows to achieve its goals - from Moscow to London, Switzerland and Brighton Beach.

"Putin's People" is a meticulous account of the power grab that buried hopes for a new Russia and brought serious consequences for its people and, increasingly, the world.

A bestseller for "The Sunday Times"
Book of the Year by "The Sunday Times," "Times" and "Daily Telegraph"

Book in Polish language version.

Technical data
Author: Catherine Belton
Cover: hardback
Format: 150 x 215 mm
Number of pages: 720
Publisher: SQN