pillage and ultimately, Russia’s drastic decline. Particularly, he focuses on Boris Berezovsky, a reputed oligarch, and his rapid ascension through the political ranks correlating with his ever expanding empire. Klebnikov’s core argument revolves around how “the government deliberately enriched Berezovsky and a handful of men in return for their political support.”2
In order to grasp sufficient understanding of the novel’s main events, Klebnikov maps the Russian political landscape at the time, detailing…
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