Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Plates and Maps ix
4. Preface xi
5. A Note on Transliteration xv
6. 1 Making Up the Rules as He Goes Along 1
7. 2 Our Hopes Have Not Come True 22
8. 3 Russia Knows What Terrorism Means 42
9. 4 Control 60
10. 5 Petroleum Power 82
11. 6 War in the Near Abroad 104
12. 7 The Return of Russian History 125
13. 8 ‘Crimea Is Historically Russian Land’ 147
14. 9 Russia Marches Back onto the World Stage 169
15. 10 Protest, Propaganda and Press Freedom 194
16. 11 Tales of Bygone Years, and Future Wars 214
17. 12 Losing Putin’s Plot 234
18. Acknowledgements 253
19. Notes 255
20. Bibliography 293
21. Index 297