The Putin Mystique: Inside Russia’s Power Cult - Plot & Excerpts
“I wanted to call my next book ‘To See Putin and Die,’ but then everyone said that would be a bit too much.” - Andrei Kolesnikov, pool reporter, author of “I saw Putin” and “Putin saw me,” in an interview with the author. 1. THERE WAS NO door in our newsroom on that day. Taken off the hinges for the occasion, it revealed the worn-out woodwork of economy-class panelling (“Regulations,” a manager said reverently when asked why this was necessary). After about four hours of queasy anticipation, a woman, wearing a slightly glamorous, low-cut black suit and white frilly blouse (the same one, it seemed, donned at countless protocol events at the White House), leaned in through this opening and told a milling retinue of scrawny security guards, journalists and staff that “they are on their way.” The hype had actually started four days ago on Friday, when an ominous memo advised middle managers at the sprawling, government-owned enterprise that “due to a special regime on Tuesday, Feb.
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