22 дела, изменившие Россию. Новейшая история глазами адвоката

This book contains the memories of Anatoly Kucherena from the real practice of law, which began almost simultaneously with the history of the new Russia. Here, stories from the lawyer's "kitchen" add up to the history of the country. You will witness the confrontation of a young lawyer with the then all-powerful mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov - Anatoly was the first to win a trial against the capital's mayor. He learns how, virtually alone, Kucherena defended Larisa Lazutina and Olga Danilova against powerful international bureaucrats from WADA and the IOC. It was Anatoly Kucherena who was approached by the widow of General Lev Rokhlin, Tamara, in an almost hopeless attempt to prove that she could not have killed her husband. Among his clients are Iosif Kobzon and Nikita Mikhalkov, ministers and senators, and even one "international spy" - Edward Snowden. Finding yourself "from the inside" of all these - and other equally important cases - lawyer Kucherena, you will see that the inconspicuous, painstaking and sometimes thankless work of a lawyer can really change the country.