The Oligarchs: Wealth And Power In The New Russia

It is a story of wealth creation by six oligarchs (Berezovsky, Smolensky, Chodorovsky, Gusinsky, Luzhkov and Chubais - although the last two do not really belong to the list of typical Russian oligarchs) juxtaposed with Russian history and politics after perestroika. It is excellent, very well researched and interesting book. I didn't know, of course, a lot of facts described in this work but what I did know firsthand is perfectly in sync what the author writes. He got everything right, even small details from lives of ordinary Russians of that period.