Blowing up Russia
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| Author |
Alexander Litvinenko Yuri Felshtinsky |
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| Original title | ФСБ взрывает Россию |
| Translator | Geoffrey Andrews |
| Subject | Russian apartment bombings |
| Publisher | S.P.I. Books |
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Publication date
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2002 |
| Pages | 322 pp. |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 481235634 |
Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within (Russian: ФСБ взрывает Россию) is a book written by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky. It was translated to 20 languages and published in more than 20 countries However, in Russia the book was confiscated, forbidden for "divulging state secrets" and included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. Authors have described the Russian apartment bombings as a false flag operation that was guided by the Russian Federal Security Service to justify the Second Chechen War and bring Vladimir Putin to power. The story was initially printed by Yuri Shchekochikhin in a special issue of Novaya Gazeta in August 2001 and published as a book in 2002.
According to an interview, Yuri Felshtinsky started collecting materials about the Russian apartment bombings in 2001, not thinking that the FSB had anything to do with the terrorism acts. He was deeply disturbed after discovering that the bombings were in fact committed by the FSB. He consulted with Viktor Suvorov, a writer and former GRU officer. When asked: "Would you personally blow out the building with innocent people after receiving the order?", Mr Suvorov replied: "Of course I would. That is our job. We always follow the order." Felshtinsky contacted Alexander Litvinenko who became a coauthor of the book. Felshtinsky had known Litvinenko since 1998.
On December 29, 2003, Russian Interior Ministry and FSB units seized 4,376 copies of the book intended for Alexander Podrabinek's Prima news agency. FSB lieutenant Alexander Soima said that the book was confiscated as a material evidence in the criminal case No 218 initiated in June 2003 for disclosing state secrets. Podrabinek was summoned by the FSB on January 28, 2004. He refused to answer the questions. 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.
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