{"product_id":"suing-the-kremlin-the-battle-for-putins-billions-paperback","title":"Suing the Kremlin The Battle for Putin's Billions (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVladimir Putin\u003c\/b\u003e came to power by destroying the\nRussian oligarchs, the entrepreneurs who grew rich during Russia’s chaotic\ntransition from communism and exercised unseemly influence over the government\nof Boris Yeltsin. Putin confiscated their companies and used the profits to\nbuild the Kremlin’s war chest for the invasion of Ukraine. He and his cronies\nsiphoned off billions for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDrawing on exclusive interviews and explosive new material,\nin Suing the Kremlin Martin Sixsmith tells the astonishing story of what\nhappened to the men Putin dispossessed. Some were sent to labour camps, forced\ninto exile or murdered. Some attempted to fight back, but with no success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYet for the past twenty years, a small, determined team of\nlegal experts based in London has been pursuing Putin and his rogue state\nthrough courts across the globe. Acting on behalf of Group Menatep - the\nholding company founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s wealthiest\noligarch - they have set out to reclaim this vast stolen fortune and to prove\nthat even the most powerful men in the world are not beyond the reach of\ninternational law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Sixsmith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMartin Sixsmith was the BBC correspondent in Moscow for many\nyears. He is the author of the book that inspired the film \u003ci\u003ePhilomena\u003c\/i\u003e.\nHe has written several books on Russia and presented a 12-part series on the\nHistory of Russia for BBC Radio 4.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45270360785103,"sku":"9781800756724","price":34.34,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_f9d19627-f267-408d-a943-91d167f621b8.webp?v=1781421333","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/suing-the-kremlin-the-battle-for-putins-billions-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}