Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Origins of the Cherkesov–Zolotov and Sechin Groupings, and of the Fierce Rivalries Between Silovik Groups

Chapter 3 Putin’s Re-election in March 2004 and the Murder of Tsepov in September; the Sechinites’ All-Out Assault on Cherkesov and His Group

Chapter 4 A Summary of the Argument to Date and of How It Will Develop Regarding Events in 2005–2010

Chapter 5 Spring 2005: The Case of the Smuggled Chinese Goods Rocks the FSS and Patrushev

Chapter 6 November 2005–Early 2006: Putin’s Succession-Related Moves; Silovik War Heats Up; the Sechinites Groom Their Own Presidential Candidate, Ustinov

Chapter 7 May–June 2006: A Fight for the Customs Service—Full-Scale War Between the Silovik Clans; the Fall of Ustinov—A Triumph for the Cherkesovites

Chapter 9 2007: Putin Tells the Sechinites He Favours Naryshkin for the Presidency; June–September 2007—New Sechinite Offensive Rocks the Cherkesovites

Chapter 10 October 2007: Cherkesov Makes His Last Stand—Putin’s Minimal Aid Masks His Incipient Abandonment of His Longstanding Associate

Chapter 11 How the War Had Evolved by Mid-October 2007: Putin’s MO During the Crisis; November 2007—Sechinites Sense Betrayal and Raise the Stakes

Chapter 12 Late 2007: Difficulty Choosing a Successor—Medvedev Chosen at the Last Minute

Chapter 13 2007–2008: War Fades, Tandem Forms, Cherkesov Clan Dissolves, Sechinites Decline; Putin Generates New Factional Wars—General Procuracy vs the Investigations Committee of the Procuracy (ICP), Medvedev vs Sechin

Chapter 14 2008–2011: The Different Fates of the Cherkesov and Sechin Groups

Chapter 15 Conclusion