The book tells how Anatoly Sobchak (the first mayor of St. Petersburg) and others like him “went to power.” Which will probably be interesting to readers, since the author reveals the secret of the behind-the-scenes political life of Russia. Anatoly Sobchak is a symbolic phenomenon, one might say, a symbol of the era of perestroika. At one time, he was part of the “St. Petersburg group.” On February 17, 2006, Yuri Shutov was sentenced to capital punishment - life imprisonment. A thorough analysis of the criminal case showed that the accusation against Yuri Titovich was fabricated and deliberately false. The time will come when his name will be rehabilitated.