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Discussed as the literary source for La Chinoise - 'this is modelled on Dostoevsky's great novel The Devils The Possessed' - also mentioned that Margaret Thatcher read and approved of it as a warning against socialism

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Referenced as a literary comparison to describe the dramatic psychodrama between Gorbachev and Yeltsin, particularly regarding Yeltsin's humiliation and desire for revenge.

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Referenced (as 'Karamazov and all that') when discussing the importance of holy men, elders, and monks in Dostoevsky's works and Russian culture.

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Referenced when discussing the atmosphere of St. Petersburg and later when noting that Raskolnikov, the murderer in the novel, supposedly lived about three blocks from where Rasputin was murdered.

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Tom mentions being commissioned by The Economist to write about it, visiting St. Petersburg in Raskolnikov's footsteps

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Referenced when comparing a character (Stavrigan) to a real person who was imprisoned for raping an underage girl, noting the story is 'incredibly reminiscent' of the novel.

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Referenced as a short story that some scholars believe Yusupov's account of murdering Rasputin was 'clearly actually a rip-off of.'