Title: Special correspondent
First published: 1990
Description: Written in English in the style of part-fictionalized autobiography, Vitaliev investigates Mafia-organized crime, prostitution (which does not "officially" exist), corrupt special shops for the party elite, and the Leningrad Fascist movement. The book is an expose of corruption in the USSR.
Subjects: Social conditions, Politics and government, Journalists, Biography, Kriminalität, Massenmedien, Organisiertes Verbrechen, Skandal, Journalistiek, Communisme, Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava, Crime, Investigative reporting, Organized crime investigation
Places: Soviet Union
People: Vitali Vitaliev (1954-)
Time periods: 1970-1991, 1985-1991