Felix Chuev, a poet and biographer, lives in Moscow. Albert Resis is professor emeritus of Russian history at Northern Illinois University.

Eerily fascinating...Probably the best, most accurate and useful to histor insider account we will ever have. One does not so much read this book as engage in a one-on-one conversation with a major figure in a gigantic criminal organization.

Felix Chuev, a poet and biographer, lives in Moscow. Albert Resis is professor emeritus of Russian history at Northern Illinois University.

Eerily fascinating...Probably the best, most accurate and useful to histor insider account we will ever have. One does not so much read this book as engage in a one-on-one conversation with a major figure in a gigantic criminal organization.