The New Nobility

The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (2010) is a non-fiction English-language book by Russian journalists and independent security service experts Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan.

In the 2000s, the Russian Federal Security Service, the FSB was given more powers in fighting terrorism and protecting the political regime.

In September 2010, Foreign Affairs published an essay "Russia's New Nobility.

The Rise of the Security Services in Putin's Kremlin" adapted from the book.

[2] In July 2011, the Russian version of the book came out, published by Alpina Business Books/United Press (Sanoma Independent Media).