The Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko, a former Soviet spy currently in intensive care in London after being poisoned with thallium, was granted asylum in the United Kingdom in 2001. A few months later he released his book “Blowing up Russia : Terror from Within”:

In this book Litvinenko alleged that the FSB was responsible for the apartment block bombings in Russia that were blamed on Chechens and became the pretext for the second Chechen War. I have not read the book myself, although it has been sitting in my Amazon Wish List for a couple of years now, but the reviews and the cover suggest the book’s thesis is that the FSB used acts of terror, abduction and contract killings to influence public opinion in Russia, using fear and nationalism to steer the country under authoritarian rule. The book has just shot to the top of my reading list.

(h/t Noisy Room)