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  • From Russia with Blood

  • The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West
  • By: Heidi Blake
  • Narrated by: Marisa Calin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (532 ratings)

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From Russia with Blood

By: Heidi Blake
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
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Publisher's summary

The untold story of how Russia refined the art and science of targeted assassination abroad: “A compelling rendering of Putin’s frightening extensions of power into Europe and the United States” (Associated Press).

They thought they had found a safe haven in the green hills of England. They were wrong. One by one, the Russian oligarchs, dissidents, and gangsters who fled to Britain after Vladimir Putin came to power dropped dead in strange or suspicious circumstances. One by one, their British lawyers and fixers met similarly grisly ends. Yet, one by one, the British authorities shut down every investigation—and carried on courting the Kremlin.

The spies in the riverside headquarters of MI6 looked on with horror as the scope of the Kremlin's global killing campaign became all too clear. And, across the Atlantic, American intelligence officials watched with mounting alarm as the bodies piled up, concerned that the tide of death could spread to the United States. Those fears intensified when a one-time Kremlin henchman was found bludgeoned to death in a Washington, DC, penthouse. But it wasn't until Putin's assassins unleashed a deadly chemical weapon on the streets of Britain, endangering hundreds of members of the public in a failed attempt to slay the double agent Sergei Skripal, that Western governments were finally forced to admit that the killing had spun out of control.

Unflinchingly documenting the growing web of death on British and American soil, Heidi Blake bravely exposes the Kremlin's assassination campaign as part of Putin's ruthless pursuit of global dominance—and reveals why Western governments have failed to stop the bloodshed. The unforgettable story that emerges whisks us from London's high-end night clubs to Miami's million-dollar hideouts ultimately renders a bone-chilling portrait of money, betrayal, and murder, written with the pace and propulsive power of a thriller.

Based on a vast trove of unpublished documents, bags of discarded police evidence, and interviews with hundreds of insiders, this heart-stopping international investigation uncovers one of the most important—and terrifying—geopolitical stories of our time.

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©2019 Heidi Blake (P)2019 Mulholland Books
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"[Blake's] gripping descriptions of intrigue and violence brim with details about the grotesque lifestyles of the über-rich."—New York Times Book Review

"A compelling rendering of Putin's frightening extensions of power into Europe and the United States."—Associated Press

"A well-written and well-researched book that reads like a thriller."—Washington Times

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Great book, just hard to follow

ALOT of Russian surnames makes it hard to remember who did what, when, etc.

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Frightening!!!

More gripping and truly worrisome than any fictional spy novel. Well done narration, different used accents was enjoyable.

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Excellent book

Very well researched and written. Absolutely exceptional, definitely one of the best works about Putin.

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Eye opening story!

Great story, incredible claims. I felt some of the finer details and introduction / re-introduction of characters and names could have been clearer. I would have preferred the narrator didn’t attempt the foreign / regional accents.

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Fascinating breakdown of the Russian cucking the west

Incredible breakdown of the events and players in Putin's rise to power and subsequent stranglehold of the domination of the former Soviet states. No doubt he is the most powerful and likely ruthless man on earth and rules without fear of meaningful penalties. His hit program and the look the other way attitude of the West is the most blatant display of power in post WW2 history. Great book and work

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Great and Revealing Reporting

Excellent reporting and very revealing about the ruthlesness of Russian geopolitics. Principals seem in short supply these days explaing our lack of moral leadership.

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Perfection

The reading is 5-star, the information is vast and informative, without ever bogging itself down. I would definitely recommend this audible.

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Immediately hooked!

While I wish the researchers are wrong, this book clearly outlines what I would consider gross violations of law and acts of war. Highly recommend!

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criminals

well worth the read history on the fly is hard but worth the effort , these dots are ripe for connecting

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Read it in 24 hours.

Just wow. A fearless, well-corroborated to a degree of unimpeachablility, this is simultaneously justice & accountability for government's that have appeased us into a global security crisis. Unflinching, fascinating, terrifying, brilliant.

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