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Once Upon A Time In Russia: The Rise Of The Oligarchs And The Greatest
Wealth In History
A gripping and shocking insight into the lives of Russia's most famous oligarchs from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House Once Upon a Time in Russia is the untold true story of the larger-than-life billionaire oligarchs who surfed the waves of privatization to reap riches after the fall of the Soviet regime Godfather of the Kremlin Boris Berezovsky a former mathematician whose first entrepreneurial venture was running an automobile reselling business and Roman Abramovich his dashing young protege who built a multi-billion-dollar empire of oil and aluminium Locked in a complex uniquely Russian partnership Berezovsky and Abramovich battled their way through the Wild East of Russia with Berezovsky acting as the younger man's krysha-
literally his roof his protector Written with the heart-stopping pace of a thriller -but even more compelling because it is true - this story of amassing obscene wealth and power depicts a rarefied world seldom seen up close Under Berezovsky's krysha Abramovich built one of Russia's largest oil companies from the ground up and in exchange made cash deliveries - including 491 million dollars in just one year But their relationship frayed when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media - and had to flee to the UK Abramovich continued to prosper Dead bodies trailed Berezovsky's footsteps and threats followed him to London where an associate of his died painfully and famously of Polonium poisoning Then Berezovsky himself was later found dead declared a suicide Exclusively
sourced capturing a momentous period in recent world history Once Upon a Time in Russia is at once personal and political offering an unprecedented look into the wealth corruption and power behind what Graydon Carter called the story of our age'
literally his roof his protector Written with the heart-stopping pace of a thriller -but even more compelling because it is true - this story of amassing obscene wealth and power depicts a rarefied world seldom seen up close Under Berezovsky's krysha Abramovich built one of Russia's largest oil companies from the ground up and in exchange made cash deliveries - including 491 million dollars in just one year But their relationship frayed when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media - and had to flee to the UK Abramovich continued to prosper Dead bodies trailed Berezovsky's footsteps and threats followed him to London where an associate of his died painfully and famously of Polonium poisoning Then Berezovsky himself was later found dead declared a suicide Exclusively
sourced capturing a momentous period in recent world history Once Upon a Time in Russia is at once personal and political offering an unprecedented look into the wealth corruption and power behind what Graydon Carter called the story of our age'
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