Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs_A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder

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The New York Times bestselling creator of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most improbable story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called “one more example of just how talented a storyteller [Mezrich] is.”

Meet two larger-than-life Russians: former mathematician Boris Berezovsky, who moved into more lucrative ventures in addition to politics, becoming referred to as the Godfather of the Kremlin; and Roman Abramovich, a dashing young entrepreneur who built one of Russia’s largest oil companies from the ground up.

After an opportunity meeting on a yacht in the Caribbean, the men became locked in a complex partnership, surfing the waves of privatization after the fall of the Soviet regime and amassing mega fortunes at the same time as also taking the reins of power in Russia. With Berezovsky serving as the more youthful entrepreneur’s krysha—literally, his roof, his protector—they battled their way through the “Wild East” of Russia until their relationship soured when Berezovsky attacked President Vladimir Putin in the media. Dead bodies trailed Berezovsky as he escaped to London, where an associate died painfully of Polonium poisoning, creating an international furor. As Abramovich prospered, Berezovsky used to be found dead in a luxurious London town house, declared a suicide.

With unprecedented, exclusive first-person sourcing, Mezrich takes us inside a world of unattainable wealth, power, and corruption to uncover this exciting story, a true-life thriller epic for our time—“Wolf Hall at the Moskva” (Bookpage).

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