About the book: 1997 / When the putschists from the puppet State Emergency Committee were already resting in the cozy cells of pre-trial detention centers, and their successful competitors, to the applause of the public, shared the unexpectedly fallen loot; when the Soviet Union was already falling apart, and the word “patriot” was becoming as abusive as “communist”; when people enthusiastically waved tricolor flags and stood in line for humanitarian aid, that’s when a force began to take shape, ready to take responsibility for the future of Russia. This was not a hungry and demoralized army, and not the KGB, castrated without anesthesia by democratic reforms. The salvation of the country had to come from the depths of the Ministry of Internal Affairs…