Yuri Felshtinsky wrote Blowing up Russia with Alexander Litvinenko, whose 2006 assassination was ordered by Vladimir Putin the Litvinenko Public Inquiry found on 20 January 2016. He is a former Hoover Institute Fellow at the University of Stanford and has doctorates from Brandeis University and the University of Moscow. He appears with regularity on BBC and Sky news programmes to comment on Russian affairs.
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`Impressive.' TLS - `Dodgy deals and horrible murders.' New Statesman Book of the Year - `Alarming... the most lurid scandals.' Edward Lucas, Economist - `Compelling... a clear and accurate picture... the strength of this book is research.' Vladimir Bukovsky Observer - `Putin's shadowy world... unnerving... necessary reading.' Sunday Business Post - `Should be read.' Daily Telegraph * `Required reading... A catalogue of corruption... fascinating.' Oleg Gordievsky, The Times lead review - `[Yuri Felshtinsky,] a leading Putin sceptic' BBC2 Newsnight - `Explosive' Daily Telegraph