The struggle for power in the Kremlin is a war of secret and overt clans. Having arisen in ancient times, changing their forms, but maintaining the strength of their ties, the clans have successfully survived to the present day. Factions, parties, teams, unions, groups of comrades-in-arms, fraternities - these are just modern disguise words behind which hides the formidable power of clans. And the basis of the clan is always the family. The inaccessibility of the citadel of Russian power, according to the author of the book, is a bluff of always temporary inhabitants of the Kremlin. In fact, the Kremlin fortress resembles a passage yard through which clans of power-hungers pass in a continuous line. Among human passions, it is the lust for power that takes first place. Like insects around a night fire, power seekers are mesmerized by the glow and comfortable warmth of power. They strive for it and burn out - nothing can stop the deadly quenching of the thirst for power. Lust for power turns the millstones of the state machine like a perpetual motion machine.