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Johan Bäckman (born in 1971) is a Finnish scholar, specialised in the sociology of law, criminology and history. He is currently teaching in Helsinki, Turku and Tallinn. He is adjunct professor in three Finnish universities: University of Helsinki, University of Turku . He has written about organized crime in Russia and Estonia, The "Russian Mafia", Finnish-Russian relations during the Cold War, war history of Finland, Estonia and Russia, and terrorism. In Finland Bäckman is known as one of the most controversial students of contemporary Russia.

Bäckman has been active in book publishing since 2000 by establishing in St. Petersburg an institution titled Johan Beckman Institute, specialising in the publication of books especially on the joint military history of Finland and Russia, among other topics. He is the recipient of Russian Marshal Govorov Prize]] (2003) for his publication of book by Nikolay Baryshnikov Finland and theSiege of Leningrad 1941-1944, which has been published in Russian, English and Finnish.

Some of his ideas are controversial. In a series of interviews given in Tallinn in August 2008 he speculated that Estonia would not survive for another ten years due to the incoming economical crisis and ethnic tensions, while believing the main problem of the country is that the integration policies are "apartheid" and represents a "criminal discrimination of Russians". Bäckman also claims the "destruction" of the Bronze Soldier monument in April 2007 by the Estonian government was "the end of history of Estonia".

In his book Finland washed by blood of Anna Politkovskaya he proposed theory that Anna Politkovskaya assassination was organized by circles wanted to smear Russian president Vladimir Putin.

He is highly critical of the modern Finnish historiography of the World War II. Bäckman strongly challenges the traditional Finnish ideas claiming Finland waged a separate "continuation war" against the aggression of the USSR, not being Hitler's ally. According to Bäckman Finns deliberately asked Hitler to destroy Leningrad and participated in the siege actively. Finland also planned ethnic clensing in Karelia 1941-44 for creating a Fenno-Ugric superpower until the Urals or even the river Jenisei, which he claimed was proven by vast amounts of documents and also several Finnish history books by Helge Seppälä, Osmo Hyytiä and Nikolai Baryshnikov.

Works

• Bäckman, Johan (1996). Venäjän organisoitu rikollisuus. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. ISBN 951-704-191-8.
• Bäckman, Johan (1997). Liikkeenjohto Venäjän muutoksessa. Helsinki: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-21672-0.
• Bäckman, Johan (1998). The inflation of crime in Russia: The social danger of the emerging markets. Helsinki: National Research Institute of Legal Policy. ISBN 951-704-211-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |Kieli= ignored (help)
• Bäckman, Johan (1999). ”Sudella on sata tietä...”: Pietarin organisoitu rikollisuus Venäjän rikosoikeuskulttuurin kehyksessä. Helsinki: Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos. ISBN 951-704-240-X.
• Bäckman, Johan (2001). Entäs kun tulee se yhdestoista? Suomettumisen uusi historia. Helsinki: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-25654-4.
• Bäckman, Johan (2006). Itämafia: Uhkakuvapolitiikka, rikosilmiöt ja kulttuuriset merkitykset. Espoo: Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu. ISBN 951-815-112. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: length (help)
• Bäckman, Johan (2007). Saatana saapuu Helsinkiin: Anna Politkovskajan murha ja Suomi. Helsinki: Russia Advisory Group. ISBN 978-952-99785-1-9.

References

1. ^ Десять лет, которые потрясут Эстонию Den' za Dnyom Template:Ru icon
2. Bäckman: Eesti on teel otse põrgusse Eesti Päevaleht 11 August 2008 Template:Et icon
3. Finnish writer: Estonia to lose independence in 10 years Baltic Business News 11 August 2008
4. Эстония прямиком движется в ад Molodezh Estonii 15 August 2008

External links

• Johan Bäckman in Estonian Research Portal
• Johan Bäckman at the University of Turku
• Blog about Bäckman's book "The bronze Soldier"
• Article about Bäckmanä's book "Finland washed with the blood of Anna Politkovskaya"

• Articles with topics of unclear notability from August 2008
• 1971 births
• Living people