Blowing Up Russia
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Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within (
Background
In July 1998, Putin was appointed as the
In September 1999, a
According to an interview,
Shortly after the bombings, the ex-Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Lieutenant General Alexander Lebed claimed that he is "almost certain" that the bombings were organized by the Russian government.[9] In 2002, Lebed died in a helicopter crash.[10] According to Lebed's associates, the crash was caused by an explosive device.[11]
Publication and government response
The first edition of the book was published in 2002.[12]
In response to FSB's banning their books, the authors granted the right to print and distribute the books in Russia to "anybody who wishes to do so" free of charge.[20]
Lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin said that he warned Litvinenko in 2003 about a menace from FSB confirmed by two sources. Trepashkin quoted the words of FSB officer Victor Shebalin saying that everyone who was involved in publication of the book Blowing up Russia would be destroyed and that FSB had deployed three agents to Boston to assassinate Yuri Felshtinsky.[21][22]
In 2006, one of the book's authors (Litvinenko)
After Litvinenko was poisoned, confiscated copies of the book were kept by the FSB and destroyed in 2007 "due to death of the accused" Litvinenko.[26]
In 2015 the book was included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials, preventing any form of publication in Russia.[27]
Reviews
Film
In 2001, the documentary film Assassination of Russia[33] was made on the basis of the book by French producers Jean-Charles Deniau and Charles Gazelle. Yuri Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko worked as consultants for the film. The film was shown on TV in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, but not in Russia.
Footnotes
- ^ Felshtinsky & Litvinenko 2007
- ^ "FSB blows up Russia". Archived from the original on 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Felshtinsky & Litvinenko 2002
- Russian apartment bombings
- ISBN 978-0-521-84913-5. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Yeltsin's man wins approval". BBC News. 16 August 1999. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-58648-011-0, archivedfrom the original on 2021-02-24, retrieved 2022-04-03
- ^ Соколов, Михаил (11 September 2009). "Беседа с американским историком Юрием Фельштинским". Радио Свобода. Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "… после второго взрыва в Москве милиция нашла бомбу в подвале жилого дома в Рязани. Ещё через неделю французская газета «Le Figaro» спросила бывшего секретаря Совета безопасности России Александра Лебедя: возможно ли, что Российское правительство организовало террористические акции против своих граждан? «Я в этом почти уверен» — таков был ответ Лебедя." Source: Павел Хлебников. Крёстный отец Кремля Борис Березовский, или история разграбления России. — 2 изд.. — М.: Детектив-пресс, 2004. — 480 с, страницы 366-367
- ^ "Russia: Lebed Dies in Helicopter Crash". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "Смерть Александра Лебедя - убийство?". Archived from the original on 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ Литвиненко, А. В. ФСБ взрывает Россию: Федеральная служба безопасности — организатор террористических актов, похищений и убийств. — New York : Liberty, 2002. — 271 с. ISBN 0-914481-63-0
- Prima News, 2004-01-14
- Prima News, 2004-01-30
- )
- ^ FSB summons activist editor for questioning Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, January 28, 2004.
- ^ Kremlin threatens human rights activist Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine by Lawrence Uzzell, Chechnya Weekly, Jamestown Foundation, February 4, 2004.
- ^ "Грани.Ру: ФСБ: В книге "ФСБ взрывает Россию" разглашена гостайна". graniru.org. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Грани.Ру: ФСБ задержала тираж книги "ФСБ взрывает Россию"". graniru.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Prima News, 2004-02-01
- RFE/RL, December 1, 2007.
- ^ Трепашкин рассказал всю правду о «деле Литвиненко» Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine, Yelena Vasilyeva, «Новый Регион – Екатеринбург», February 15, 2007
- ^ "Грани.Ру: ФСБ уничтожает книгу Литвиненко". graniru.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Faulconbridge, Guy; Holden, Michael; Tétrault-Farber, Gabrielle; Osborn, Andrew (21 September 2021). Holton, Kate (ed.). "Russia was behind Litvinenko assassination, European court finds". Reuters. London. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Full Report of the Litvinenko Inquiry". The New York Times. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Грани.Ру: ФСБ уничтожает книгу Литвиненко". graniru.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Грани.Ру: Книга "ФСБ взрывает Россию" включена в список экстремистских материалов". grani.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ "For clues as to who wanted Alexander Litvinenko dead, you need look no farther than his book Blowing Up Russia". The Times. London. January 13, 2007. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- Sunday Times. London. January 19, 2007. Archivedfrom the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Plenketh, Anne (19 February 2007). "Blowing Up Russia, by Alexander Litvinenko & Yuri Felshtinsky". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2009-04-10.[dead link]
- Sunday Times. January 20, 2007. Archivedfrom the original on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Groskop, Viv (21 January 2007). "Secrets and spies". The Observer. London. Archived from the original on 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ "Фильм BLOWING UP RUSSIA - Покушение на Россию". www.runyweb.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-903933-95-4.
- ISBN 0-914481-63-0. Full text available at Yuri Felshtinsky's web site.
External links
- Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror Live interview by historian Yuri Felshtinsky about the book, Aleksander Litvinenko and situation in Russia at C-SPAN