Well-known political scientist Sergei Kurginyan examines the phenomenon of the so-called "undercover policy" in his new book. At the same time, he develops an apparatus with which it is possible to analyze non-transparent ("undercover") political processes, and applies this apparatus to the analysis of current events. The author analyzes the most current events of the latest Russian politics. Resignations and appointments, arrests and statements, commercial projects and political excesses. At the same time, the relevance (someone will say "sensationalism") of the analyzed events does not obscure for him the true meaning of what is happening. Sergei Kurginyan does not take sides, does not try to demonize someone. He does not act as an investigator or journalist, but as a researcher of the elite.