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The man without a face, the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin, by Masha Gessen

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The man without a face

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by Masha Gessen

the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin

The Man without a Face is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative maneuvered his way into absolute--and absolutely corrupt--power. In 1999, the "Family" around Boris Yeltsin chose Vladimir Putin as the ailing president's successor. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of the media, decimated the fragile mechanisms of democray, sent political rivals and critics into exile or to the grave. As a journalist living in Moscow, Masha Gessen experienced this history firsthand, and her spellbinding account of Putin's rise and reign has the makings of a classic of narrative nonfiction