Part One: Putin I The Lionheart. Chapter 1: In which Kremlin Strategist Alexander Voloshin learns to tolerate Lenin ; Chapter 2: In which Political Émigré Boris Berezovsky is not invited to the Royal Wedding ; Chapter 3: In which Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, loses his business and freedom, and the family disappears

Part Two: Putin II The Magnificent. Chapter 4: In which Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Medvedev creates a new Russian Class ; Chapter 5: In which Ukrainian Presidential Chief of Staff Viktor Medvedchuk is the last Ukranian to enjoy Putin's trust ; Chapter 6: In which Deputy Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov defends the besieged Kremlin ; Chapter 7: In which Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov comes up with a plan to make Russia an empire once more ; Chapter 8: In which Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov is convinced that he is the heir to the throne

Part Three: Prince Dmitry. Chapter 9: In which Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili retains power

and something far more valuable ; Chapter 10: In which Barack Obama becomes the Kremlin's best friend and worst enemy ; Chapter 11: In which Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin turns into a Russian Che Guevara ; Chapter 12: In which Russian Princess Tatyana Yumasheva comes up with a New Democratic Party ; Chapter 13: In which Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny thinks he can lead the people to the Kremlin

Part Four: Putin The Terrible. Chapter 14: In which Patriarch Kirill gives fatherly advice to Russia's Cabinet of Ministers ; Chapter 15: In which Kremlin Strategist Vyacheslav Volodin invents a new national idea ; Chapter 16: In which Putin's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov realizes the futility of trying to please the West ; Chapter 17: In which Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu takes revenge for Afghanistan and Nicholas I ; Chapter 18: In which Alexei Kudrin loses the battle for the President's heart and mind ; Chapter 19: In which Ramzan Kadyrov takes a round trip to Dubai ; Chapter 20: In which Bashar al-Assad becomes the mirror image of Putin

Conclusion: Putin the saint.