Authors of the book - Baturin Yu.M., Ilyin A.L., Kadatsky V.F., Kostikov V.V., Krasnov M.A., Livshits A.Ya., Nikiforov K.V., Pikhoya L.G., Satarov G.A. - these are those people who were called the closest environment President. They happened to witness his successes, victories and defeats. They reproduce in detail the course of events and decision-making technology in the Kremlin, talk about the background of the processes that shaped the appearance of today's Russia.