Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
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Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs―A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
One of the Wall Street Journal€s Best Business Books of 2015
The bestselling author of Bringing Down the House (sixty-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and the basis for the hit movie 21) and The Accidental Billionaires (the basis for the Academy Award€“winning film The Social Network) delivers an epic drama of wealth, rivalry, and betrayal among mega-wealthy Russian oligarchs€"and its international repercussions.
Written with the heart-stopping pacing 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 €œthe story of our age.€Â