Liquidating the Opposition: Russia, 2006-2024

Memoir by a Chechen exile traces the ruthless evolution of Putin’s regime and bitter wars in Chechnya. Exposing politically motivated assassinations of trusted colleagues, the narrative unveils covert subversion tactics and disinformation campaigns aimed at silencing dissent and manipulating Western perceptions. Liquidating the Opposition: Russia, 2006-2024 is Chechen prime minister in exile Akhmed Zakaerv’s memoir of the evolution of Vladimir Putin’s regime and the history of Russia’s wars against Chechnya. It provides information on the political murders by the Russian regime of Zakaev’s friends and colleagues Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko, Natalya Estemirova, Said-Hussein Tazbaev, Boris Berezovsky, Medet Önlü, Boris Nemtsov, and Alexei Navalny. Zakaev advises the Ukrainian government and offers a vitally important understanding of the techniques of subversion and disinformation that Russia has long been deploying against the West.