andrei soldatov and irina borogan are co-founders of their own web site that i would mention they are nice and easy to navigate new english version of this web site. go and see a lot of their work. it is a new media way to carry on their investigation when they write some of their articles which are published in russia and post them. people have access to what they found as they pursue their investigations. andrei soldatov worked -- both of them have told me that -- both of them -- also both worked at other russian newspapers as well as well as the long lamented newspaper started by vladimir kosinski after the collapse. they posted information about the security services and their work has also been featured in many other western publications and noted that the new york times in a headline called in a website that came in from the cold, russian secrets. we are here today to talk about the new book. is is it so everyone can see the nice looking cover and the picture on the front. the new nobility, restoration of russian security state with the kgb and i would like to introduce the book