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| '''Gang from Lubyanka''' is a book by ] and ] about the alleged transformation of the ] into a criminal organization. | '''Gang from Lubyanka''' is a book by ] and ] about the alleged transformation of the ] into a criminal organization. | ||
| In the book, the authors claim that Russian president ] and other ] officers have been involved in organized crime, including covering up ] from ]. The book was withdrawn from sales in Russia by request from the ] . |
In the book, the authors claim that Russian president ] and other ] officers have been involved in organized crime, including covering up ] from ]. | ||
| The book was withdrawn from sales in Russia by request from the ] .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 ] . | |||
| ==Praise and criticism of the book== | ==Praise and criticism of the book== | ||
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Gang from Lubyanka is a book by Alexander Litvinenko and Alexander Goldfarb about the alleged transformation of the Russian Security Services into a criminal organization.
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 Afganistan.
The book was withdrawn from sales in Russia by request from the FSB . 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 Alexander Goldfarb the executive director of International Foundation for Civil Liberties .
Praise and criticism of the book
"Terrifying, gripping and instructive" called the book Viktor Suvorov, author of "Icebreaker" . "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 prisoner of conscience Vladimir Bukovsky .
The book
- A. Litvinenko and A. Goldfarb. Gang from Lubyanka Template:Ru icon GRANI, New York, 2002. ISBN 978-0-9723878-0-4.
- А. Литвиненко Лубянская преступная группировка 2002 (Full text in Russian)
Reviews of the book
- The FSB as a criminal grouping by Andrei Antonov
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