Opis: Once Upon a Time in Russia - Ben Mezrich

This is 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'. "Assassination plots, intimidation tactics, political manoeuvring and money in unfeasibly large quantities - this is the stuff of Ben Mezrich's Once Upon a Time in Russia, a nonfiction journey into the rise (and, in some cases, fall) of the oligarchs ... one of our favourites." GQ "[A] fascinating and often chilling read." The Sport

Szczegóły: Once Upon a Time in Russia - Ben Mezrich

Tytuł: Once Upon a Time in Russia
Autor: Ben Mezrich
Wydawnictwo: Arrow
ISBN: 9781784750008
Rok wydania: 2016
Ilość stron: 288
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.2 kg

Recenzje: Once Upon a Time in Russia - Ben Mezrich