About the book: 2021 / This book is the history of twenty landmark crimes that entered the political history of Russia. The author, a practicing lawyer, gives a legal assessment of the events and talks about the political consequences of each case. The book offers new perspectives on well-known events such as the assassination of Stolypin and the Decembrist uprising, and highlights lesser-known cases, including the flight across the Soviet border and the first ever terrorist attack on the Moscow metro..