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'''Gang from Lubyanka''' is a book by ] and ] about the alleged transformation of the ] into a criminal organization.
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'''''Lubyanka Criminal Group''''' ({{langx|ru|Лубянская преступная группировка}}; also translated as ''The Gang from Lubyanka'') is a book by ] about the alleged transformation of the ] into a criminal and terrorist organization.<ref>{{harvnb|Litvinenko|2002}}</ref><ref name="group"> {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110823155751/http://old.prima-news.ru/eng/news/articles/2002/9/30/17082.html |date=2011-08-23 }}, Andrei Antonov, ], 2002-09-30</ref>
In the book, the authors claim that Russian president ] and other ] officers have been involved in organized crime, including covering up ] from ].


] is known as ] headquarters. In the book, the authors claim that Russian president ] and other ] officers have been involved in organized crime, including covering up ] from ].<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092620/http://prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2002/10/11/17326.html |date=2007-09-29 }}, by ]</ref>
The book was withdrawn from sales in Russia by request from the ] . In response, authors refused from their copyright. The book can be freely printed and reproduced by anyone . By banning the book "for the first time since the Soviet times, FSB threw down a challenge to the society", said ] the executive director of ] .


The book was withdrawn from sales in Russia by request from the ]<ref>, ]</ref> according to The Moscow Human Rights News Agency ]. In response, the authors allowed the book's publication and distribution by anyone in Russia free of charge. ], the executive director of ] which licensed the book's copyright in Russia, stated, "By banning the books for the first time since the Soviet times, FSB threw down a challenge to the society".<ref>, ]</ref>
==Praise and criticism of the book==
"Terrifying, gripping and instructive" called the book ], author of "]" . "Litvinenko eloquently depicts that what was long considered to be the "shield and sword" of the communist party is in reality a huge criminal mechanism," said former Soviet ] ] .


Former Interior Minister of Russia ] promised to bring a ] suit against the book but did not follow it through.<ref name="Dissident">{{harvnb|Goldfarb|Litvinenko|2007|pp=268–269}}</ref>
==The book==
*A. Litvinenko and ]. ''Gang from Lubyanka'' {{ru icon}} GRANI, New York, 2002. ISBN 978-0-9723878-0-4.
*А. Литвиненко 2002 (Full text in Russian)


==Reception==
==Reviews of the book==
], author of '']'' said that the book is "Terrifying, gripping and instructive".<ref name="group"/> According to Suvorov:
* by Andrei Antonov
{{Quotation|1=Litvinenko described a leading criminal group that provides "protection" for all other organized crime in the country and which continues the criminal war against their own people", like their ] and ] predecessors. "Book proves: Lubyanka was taken over by the ] (who else would put their own people on the needle and ]?)"<ref>, by ]</ref> "If Putin's team can not disprove the facts provided by Litvinenko, Putin must shoot himself. ] and all other leadership of Lubyanka Criminal Group must follow his example.}}


Former Soviet ] ] stated, "Litvinenko eloquently depicts that what was long considered to be the 'shield and sword' of the communist party is in reality a huge criminal mechanism".<ref name="group"/>
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As Andrei Antonov writes, "the way Litvinenko sees it, the FSB is clearly a criminal and even terrorist organization. And not only because of ] or alleged conspiracy against ]. Litvinenko is certain that security services were behind the murder of ], a prominent figure in Russia's democracy movement, and the death of ], and many, many other things."<ref name="group"/>

Alan Cowell praised the book as an important source that described the attempted assassination of ] in Moscow and many other events.<ref>, by Alan Cowell, ], December 3, 2006 </ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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|title=LPG: Lubianskaia Prestupnaia Gruppirovka: Ofitser FSB Daet Pokazaniia
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* {{citation
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|authorlink1=Alexander Goldfarb (microbiologist)
|first2=Marina
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{{Alexander Litvinenko}}

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Latest revision as of 15:50, 22 October 2024

Book
Lubyanka Criminal Group
AuthorAlexander Litvinenko
Original titleЛубянская преступная группировка
SubjectRussian Security Services
PublisherGRANI
Publication date2002
Pages255 pp.
ISBN978-0-9723878-0-4
OCLC51485973

Lubyanka Criminal Group (Russian: Лубянская преступная группировка; also translated as The Gang from Lubyanka) is a book by Alexander Litvinenko about the alleged transformation of the Russian Security Services into a criminal and terrorist organization.

Lubyanka is known as KGB headquarters. In the book, the authors claim that Russian president Vladimir Putin and other FSB officers have been involved in organized crime, including covering up drug traffic from Afghanistan.

The book was withdrawn from sales in Russia by request from the FSB according to The Moscow Human Rights News Agency Prima News. In response, the authors allowed the book's publication and distribution by anyone in Russia free of charge. Alexander Goldfarb, the executive director of International Foundation for Civil Liberties which licensed the book's copyright in Russia, stated, "By banning the books for the first time since the Soviet times, FSB threw down a challenge to the society".

Former Interior Minister of Russia Anatoly Kulikov promised to bring a libel suit against the book but did not follow it through.

Reception

Viktor Suvorov, author of Icebreaker said that the book is "Terrifying, gripping and instructive". According to Suvorov:

Litvinenko described a leading criminal group that provides "protection" for all other organized crime in the country and which continues the criminal war against their own people", like their KGB and NKVD predecessors. "Book proves: Lubyanka was taken over by the enemies of the people (who else would put their own people on the needle and blow up sleeping children?)" "If Putin's team can not disprove the facts provided by Litvinenko, Putin must shoot himself. Patrushev and all other leadership of Lubyanka Criminal Group must follow his example.

Former Soviet prisoner of conscience Vladimir Bukovsky stated, "Litvinenko eloquently depicts that what was long considered to be the 'shield and sword' of the communist party is in reality a huge criminal mechanism".

As Andrei Antonov writes, "the way Litvinenko sees it, the FSB is clearly a criminal and even terrorist organization. And not only because of apartment explosions or alleged conspiracy against Berezovsky. Litvinenko is certain that security services were behind the murder of Galina Starovoitova, a prominent figure in Russia's democracy movement, and the death of Anatoly Sobchak, and many, many other things."

Alan Cowell praised the book as an important source that described the attempted assassination of Boris Berezovsky in Moscow and many other events.

See also

References

  1. Litvinenko 2002
  2. ^ The FSB as a criminal grouping Archived 2011-08-23 at archive.today, Andrei Antonov, Prima News, 2002-09-30
  3. Litvinenko accuses president Putin of involvement in drug business Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, by Prima News
  4. State secret disclosed in the book about terrorist acts, Prima News
  5. Copyright removed from books by Litvinenko and Felshtinskiy, Prima News
  6. Goldfarb & Litvinenko 2007, pp. 268–269
  7. Why United States do not have "external intelligence"?, by Viktor Suvorov
  8. Russian Ex-Spy Lived in a World of Deceptions, by Alan Cowell, New York Times, December 3, 2006

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Alexander Litvinenko (1962–2006)
Career
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