"In The New Nobility, two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political opposition, reassert the power of the state, and carry out assassinations overseas. At the same time, its agents and spies were put beyond public accountability and blessed with the prestige, benefits, and legitimacy lost since the Soviet collapse. The security services have played a central-- and often myste."@en
"Overview: The security services have played a central-and often mysterious-role at key turning points in Russia during the tumultuous years following the Soviet collapse: from the Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan school massacre. In this riveting investigation, two intrepid journalists penetrate the secret world of the FSB and illustrate how the security services have evolved into a ruthless, violently powerful force that is inextricably woven into modern Russia's fundamental makeup, and has become more shadowy than its predecessor, the Soviet KGB."

"The new nobility : the restoration of the Russian security state and the enduring legacy of the KGB"@en
"The new nobility the restoration of Russia's security state and the enduring legacy of the KGB"@en
"New nobility : the restoration of russia's security state and the enduring legacy of the kgb"@en
"The new nobility : the restoration of Russia's security state and the enduring legacy of the KGB"