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Mezrich cannot possibly know for certain what putin was thinking at a particular time or even some of the dialogue related in the book. The rise of the oligarchsa true story of ambition, wealth, betrayal, and murder ben mezrich. The rise of the oligarchsa true story of ambition, wealth, betrayal, and murder by ben mezrich. He focuses on boris berezovsky as the exemplar of a strange new oligarchic class.
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