Never Speak to Strangers and Other Writing from Russia and the Soviet Union. David Satter
Who Blow Themselves Up
A Hollow Achievement in Prague
Symposium: When Does a Religion Become an Ideology?
That Russian Spy Ring: The Broader Meaning
Never Forget: New Fanatical Ideology, Same Prescription: Defeat
Putin’s Facade Begins to Crumble
Russia’s Chance for Redemption
Clinton in the WSJ Strays on Russia Relations
David Satter on Life in the Soviet Police State
Russia’s False Concern for Children
Putin and Obama in St. Petersburg
The Curse of Russian “Exceptionalism”
Why Journalists Frighten Putin
Open Letter to Margarita Simonyan, Chief Editor of Russia Today
The Russian State of Murder Under Putin
Putin Is No Partner on Terrorism
Russia Questions for Rex Tillerson
The ‘Trump Report’ Is a Russian Provocation
Trump Gives a Boost to Putin’s Propaganda
Trump Must Stand Strong Against Putin
How America Helped Make Vladimir Putin Dictator for Life
100 Years of Communism —and 100 Million Dead
A Christmas Encounter With the ‘Russian Soul’
How to Answer Russia’s Escalation
Putin’s Aggression Is the Issue in Helsinki
The Satirist Who Mocked the Kremlin —and Russian Character
Contribution to “We Need Sakharov”
Collusion or Russian Disinformation?
A Pioneer Who Witnessed Revolutions
Hold Russia Accountable for MH17
Afterword to English Language Edition of Judgment in Moscow
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Abbreviations and
Administrative Delineations
FSB — Federal Security Service
FSO — Federal Guard Service
IMF — International Monetary Fund
KGB — Committee for State Security
RUBOP (formerly RUOP) — Regional Directorate for the Struggle with Organized Crime
SVR — Foreign Intelligence Service
Krai — Province or territory
Oblast — Region
Raion — District
Okrug — Administrative subdivision, for example, of Moscow or military district
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Introduction
The Marquis de Coustine, writing in the early 19th century, said that it was possible for a foreigner to travel from one end of Russia to the other and see nothing but false facades. In June, 1976, when I arrived in Moscow as the accredited correspondent of the Financial Times of London, I was confronted by a country