The new tsar: the rise and reign of Vladimir Putin

Part one. Homo sovieticus ; A warm heart, a cool head and clean hands ; The devoted officer of a dying empire ; Democracy faces a hungry winter

Part two. The spies come in from the cold ; Mismanaged democracy ; An unexpected path to power ; Swimming in the same river twice ; Kompromat ; In the outhouse

Part three. Becoming Portugal ; Putin's soul ; The gods slept on their heads ; Annus horribilis ; The orange contagion ; Kremlin, inc. ; Poison ; The 2008 problem

Part four. The regency ; Action man ; The return

Part five. The restoration ; Alone on Olympus ; Putingrad ; Our Russia.