In 1994, the man who controlled one of the largest nuclear arsenals on the planet was found wandering outside the White House in his underwear, drunk, demanding a pizza. But while the world laughed at Boris Yeltsin’s erratic behavior, the greatest geopolitical heist in history was unfolding in Russia. Discover how the chaotic collapse of the Soviet Union paved the way for a new class of powerful oligarchs—and ultimately led to Yeltsin handing the Kremlin to a quiet former KGB officer named Vladimir Putin.




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