Also by Martin Sixsmith
NON-FICTION
Russia
Putin’s Oil
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee
The Litvinenko File
Moscow Coup
FICTION
I Heard Lenin Laugh
Spin
First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2017
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