This new book by Oleg Poptsov is devoted to Putin"s era and the circumstances of his ascent to power. The author gives his interpretation of the mysteries and intrigues of the Kremlin"s political life in the first decade of the 21st century. Oleg Poptsov was chief of the federal TV channel and was in the epicenter of the main political events of the El"tsin period. (0.475 kg.) Also available by the author: Trevozhnye Sny Tsarskoi Svity (2000).