Translated material
The war of the special services
Last update - 06.11.2007
After the dismissal from the FSB, five employees related to smuggling , Lubyanka responded to a response - in early October , senior employees of the State Directorate of the State Directorate (FSKN), including Alexander Bulbov, the right hand of the head of the department Viktor Cherkesov were arrested .
Bulbova and his assistants arrested the FSB specialist at the airport, while almost reaching the shootout. FSKN employees are charged under several articles: receiving bribes, abuse of authority, illegal wiretapping.
On October 8, Vladimir Putin arrived at the FSB headquarters, which was regarded as a demonstration of support to the head of the FSB Nikolai Patrushev in his confrontation with Circassian.
On October 9, the head of the State Drug Control, made a public move - his article was published in Kommersant about the “Interodes of the special services” and the saving “Chekist hook” on which Russia hangs. In response, the Investigative Committee of Alexander Bastrykin said that "he would continue the fight against crime and corruption, regardless of position or department."
At the same time, the Prosecutor General’s Office spoke on the side of Cherkesov, applying to the court with a complaint about Bulbov’s illegal arrest.
On October 18, Putin commented on the article by Cherkesov, calling such a step incorrect. And on October 20, he made the following move, appointing Cherkesov the head of the new superception - the anti -drug committee .
Meanwhile, at the end of October, the Investigative Committee appointed an additional verification of the circumstances of the death of journalist Yuri Shchezhchikhin , who investigated the case of "three whales". The press appeared in the press about the poisoning of a radioactive substance.
The New Times describes the alignment in the war: “On the one hand, the FSB with Nikolai Patrushev, the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor General’s Office with Alexander Bastrykin and partly the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This group also includes the Minister of Justice Vladimir Ustinov. According to The New Times, this group will be significantly gained in weight. In December, the FSB will be merged with the SVR Service Service.
The other side of the fight is represented by the State Rook control of Viktor Cherkesov (and now the anti -drug committee), the Federal Security Service (FSO) Evgeny Murov and the Presidential Security Service (SBP) Viktor Zolotov. "[Newtimes the New Times]
Arrests in the FSKN
BULBOVA CASE: A site in support of the general [Default site]
Detention in the State Aircontrol: plot Lenta.ru
[Dossier selection of news on the topic] [Lenta Lenta.ru]
The plot of RIA "Novosti" [Dossier selection of news on the topic]
Generalization of Lenta.ru [Lenta Lenta.ru]
News:
November 6. The Basmanny Court recognized the charges of Bulbov as legal . 
October 31. The Moscow City Court recognized Bulbov’s arrest legal. The Prosecutor General’s Office, who had previously appealed the arrest, this time sided with the prosecution. Bulbov himself said that three generals from the FSB - Alexander Kupryazhkin, Oleg Feoktistov and Sergey Kharitonov, were behind his arrest.
The full text of the statement of General Bulbov, transferred through lawyers 
October 29. The New Times published a compromising evidence for General Alexander Kupryazhkin , the head of the FSB security department. [Newtimes The New Times]
October 25. Galina Bulbova’s press conference: the general’s wife says that the investigation has come to a standstill . 
At the same press conference, Professor Marat Musin claims that Bulbov managed to transmit information
October 19. In a Chekist war, an environmental front was opened: Oleg Mitvole checks the dacha Bulbov on the Curonian Spit .
October 19. A new scandal in Bulbov: the general’s wife refused the services of lawyers recommended by her FSKN .
October 19. Bulbov’s defense is accused by Izvestia and “Your Day” of slander
October 16. The Prosecutor General’s Office intervened in the conflict on the side of Cherkesov: the seagull's department demands to free General Bulbov .
October 11. Bulbov, Gevalu and Donchenko charges
Direct speech:
Alexander Bulbov : "If the head of the investigative brigade Albert Bogdanovich will prove at least one episode associated with the illegal wiretapping, as an officer, I am ready to shoot myself." [OP from a speech in the Moscow City Court on October 31] [Kommers "Kommersant"]
Alexander Fedorov , deputy director of the FSKN: "I know Bulbov exclusively on the positive side. He devoted his life to serving the Motherland. All this gave me the reason to come to court and act as a guarantor when choosing a restraint measure for the detainee. Unfortunately, the court did not take into account my arguments." [OP Direct speech in the "Rossiya newspaper"] [Official official]
Comments:
The source of The New Times : “In fact, the Cherkesov department has accumulated the entire array of operational data on the activities of the criminal group, one way or another related to representatives of law enforcement agencies, including the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General’s Office ... the collision with the State Academy of Sciences is an attempt to reduce the increasing influence of the Circassian and deprive it of all the opportunity to use the accumulated compromise. I did not, it will look as if he was smearing his own. " [Newtimes The New Times]
Julia Latynina : "The war between the clans ceased to be a war for customs and became a war for the president; she acquired a total character and was conducted in the bowels of almost all law enforcement agencies. The president seemed to encourage the war." [OP Opinion] 
Stanislav Belkovsky : “The struggle between the leadership of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as Igor Sechin, on the one hand, on the one hand, and Viktor Cherkesov, on the other hand, has sharply aggravated - due to Viktor Cherkesov’s desire to assume the post of secretary of the Security Council and achieve the transfer of the coordinating functions in the field of special services ... The very fact of the arrest of General Bulbov indicates that the total total Many security forces have no confidence in the eternal stay of Vladimir Putin in his post. ”
Kirill Kabanov , member of the Presidium of the National Anti -Corruption Committee, ex -employee of the FSB: “They (“ Ivanova -Sechini group. ” - Ed.) Think: 2008, what will happen next to us? Either we need to gain a foothold with this group, that is, to remove our opponents, all the more after Zubkov came - not related to them, who has an independent move to the president.” 
Georgy Satarov : “Previously, they said that there is a confrontation between the“ security forces ”and, conditionally,“ liberals ”, civilian surrounded by Putin. But this confrontation has long faded into the background. These are mainly two groups through the confrontation of Sechin -goldeners ... All the same, this is a struggle for monetary streams, control over the markets - legal, illegal, etc.”
Alexander Khinshtein : “The detention of four drug police officers allow you to simultaneously solve several important tasks at once. Firstly, people whose awareness aroused fears of the FSB are brought out of the game. Secondly, the Investigative Committee gets the opportunity to take the operational support of loud smuggles from the FSKN, transferring them to Lubyanka, which will lead to their collapse. Through the third, the most serious blow is delivered. By the reputation of Viktor Cherkesov. " [OP Opinion]
Mikhail Delyagin : “The blow inflicted by the Investigative Committee on the FSKN is most likely a blow by the group of“ power oligarchs ”on the most vulnerable wing of the“ liberal fundamentalists. ”It is worth noting that the blow was delivered immediately after“ stripping ”such a relatively influential figure as Gref, that is, we have not a separate step, but a chain of two steps.” [OP Opinion]
Eduard Limonov : "It would be good for each other to break into shreds, these generals and prosecutors. It would be easier for us to live. This is my position, elementary and folk." [OP Opinion] 
The case of "three whales"
Dossier on the site Antiompromat.ru [Dossier selection of links on the topic]
All about the case of Granda and Three Whales: versions, schemes, facts (published in LJ-combinity Informer_ru) [Dossier dossier]
Mikhail Fishman : "Vladimir Putin is not so much fighting corruption as he uses the work of" three whales ", then slowing it down, then pushing it for his own purposes." (December 2006) [Runewsweek Russian Newsweek] [Yes recommend]
In addition to the work of "Three Whales", General Bulbov was doing the case of smuggling of Chinese consumer goods:
Details [spravka Help] [izbrannoe to elected.ru based on the materials of "Novaya Gazeta"]
"Three Whales" and the death of Yuri Shchekochikhin:
Natalia Moral in The New Times [Newtimes The New Times]
The official investigation of the death of Shchokochikhin was resumed: the official answer to the chief editor of the Novaya Gazeta
Shchekochikhin could be poisoned as Litvinenko or as Yushchenko
Vladimir Kalinichenko , a lawyer, a former investigator for particularly important matters: “When we (Yuri Shchekochina. - Ed.) We buried it, I stood not far from his coffin along with Aslanbek Aslakhanov, who repeated several times:“ Jura was killed. ”Then one of the former heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came up and says:“ Yurka was poisoned with a tallium ”... it completely coincided with a moist That Yura was poisoned by some heavy metals. " 
Henry Reznik : "You know, I do not believe (that the case of Shchekochina will be able to reveal. - Ed.). That is, there must be luck. Because the disclosure of such a crime is four years later - of course, this should be very lucky. I think a lot is simply missed."
Article Cherkesova
Victor Cherkesov. " It is impossible to allow the soldiers to turn into merchants " ("Kommersant", 10/10/2007) [Kommers "Kommersant"]
Previous article by Cherkesov - "Chekist manifesto" in Komsomolskaya Pravda (12/28/2004)
Comments
Nikolai Gulko : "Now that they (the Chekists. - Ed.) Separated into groups that have their representatives in power and in large business, the interests of these groups are often radically diverging radically. And each of them will probably try to be in the first roles in the decisive moment of the transfer of power." [Kommers "Kommersant"]
“ Vedomosti ”: “The head of the special services told us that the law in the country does not work, the Chekists rule us and the war for resources has begun among them. It is unlikely that this unpleasant truth will surprise someone. But just the myth of“ Chekism ”is scared ... If any one group wins in the special services war, the corresponding mythology for its communication with the people may well be needed.” [Vedomosti editorial article]
Grigory Yavlinsky : "This article is devoted to the fact that in the elites or where they read such articles, to start a campaign to protect the employees of this service. This is such an approach to protect" their "... I don’t know, a hook - for what rib he holds to Russia, but this is a fact of life." [OP Opinion] [Svoboda Radio "Freedom"]
Evgenia Albats : "When the power authorities are faced, this is one of the worst options for the collapse of the state. Actually, we can once again fix that Putin and his environment have not managed to build any statehood. What is the intellectual capabilities of the Chekist community below the plinth." [OP Opinion]
She : "Exactly the same mistake that now Cherkessov, at one time, 1999, made Berezovsky, who also began to go to the public. But Berezovsky will be smarter. But I want to - stands." [OP Opinion]
“Vladimir Ukhov :“ Putin was fatally missed the moment when the security forces conflict became systemic, irreversible: a subcutaneous war began to have a decisive influence on the election political agenda. And, apparently, the president suddenly realized that, without solving this problem, he simply could not leave the Kremlin. ” [Newtimes The New Times] [Yes recommend]
Russian Newsweek : "Putin is confronted with a choice, explains the source close to the Kremlin, but Putin is not Yeltsin and will lower the warfare on the brakes, and the scandal will subside over time: the second" boxing box ", as in 1996, when the whole clan of Alexander Korzhakov flew out of the political game, this time it will not work out." [Runewsweek Mikhail Fishman and Alexander Raskin]
Smart Money : "Promotions of the reserve special services fall. Maybe the president has stopped needing it, or maybe Cherkesov damaged good relations with yesterday" successor number one. "[OP editorial article]
Olga Krystanovskaya : "Perhaps Cherkesov does not have access to the president, or maybe he just can’t wait: it is necessary to somehow convincingly state his position. I think that to some extent this article is addressed precisely to the president."
Andrey Soldatov : “The use of open letters for him is a strategy, not a surge in emotions. The arrest of associates is just an occasion for a public application for leadership in a power block ... This is a person’s statement with great ambitions, large hardware weight and, possibly, great prospects.”
He : "On the one hand, there is a war between departments for who will control the special services block. On the other hand, there are completely clear economic interests of the two departments."
Oleg Kalugin : “I personally knew Cherkesov back in the Leningrad Directorate in the early 80s ... In a state of nervousness associated with political events and possible changes in Russia, and the second is concerned for his reputation, which can, according to the testimony of the same Bulbov, his former friend, become the subject of universal discussion. Therefore, it is better to hit the press ... This self -defense ".
Stanislav Belkovsky : "The warring clans realized that they could no longer cost only intrigues, and this led to the fact that Circassov violated the rules and resorted to public policy, which is an unprecedented step. This means that the struggle is now not under the carpet, but in open."
Ilya Milshtein : "This notorious Chekism, this machine, with all its hooks, licks and axes, which no one has ever allowed to the supreme authority, today moved along the path predicted by individual slanderers. It fell off the carving, it was wild and put on itself." [OP Opinion]
Andrei Piontkovsky : "You are not nobles, gentlemen of Cherkessov and Patrushev. You are two mongrels clinging to each other in the throats for sweet bones with oil, gas, customs, Chinese panties, drugs. You are dirt in silk stockings." [OP Opinion]
Leonid Parfyonov : "We ourselves cannot read what messages there in each paragraph are laid down to one or another comrade in uniform ... I do not seem to be a successful PR action: even if it was conceived, it was definitely not successful." [OP Opinion]
Vagif Abilov : "After reading it, the impression remains that the key posts were seized everywhere by members of the Memorial society ... It is puzzling the call to" finish the corporation. "It turns out that the construction is still ongoing, not all portfolios are distributed." [OP Opinion]
Dmitry Butrin : “Now no society hangs on the hook, but Mr. Cherkesov himself - which provokes him to journalism ... And yet, where was the abyss that we did not fall into the hook? Is there a version?” [OP Opinion]
Konstantin Sonin : “It seems to me that the belief that there was some kind of saving force is exactly the same faith that there was a conspiracy to ruin the USSR, etc. That is, the same conspiracyology, only positive, or for this environment, professionally or not, I don’t know whether the determinical perception of the world is very characteristic.”
Alexei Kandaurov , State Duma deputy, retired KGB General: "I believe that a person has committed a civil act ... Because he was the first to say that today not everyone is equal to the law, today he who has an administrative resource and influence on law enforcement agencies and judicial system can create lawlessness." [OP Opinion]
Vladimir Ovchinsky : "This is not an internecine war - this is a war against the president. And if the president does not respond to the arrest of people who himself endowed with special powers, the consequences for all special services will be catastrophic." [OP Opinion] [izbrannoe to chosen.ru]
Sergey Kovalev : “I agree that thanks to the“ Chekist hook ”some stability has been achieved. But the Lord would have kept us from such types of stability based on the slavish subordination of the Society of Power.” [OP Opinion] [izbrannoe to chosen.ru]
Vladimir Bukovsky (from the pre -election manifesto): “Yes, Russia fell on a Chekist hook and hung on it, as if on a medieval hole, tortured and incomparable by its executioners -rulers. No matter how the Chekist ideologists and their political equipment are now interpreted, the facts are indisputable - the power in the country is completely wealthy of the Chekists, which, which, which, are, which, which, which, are, which, which, which are, which, which are, which, which, which are, which, which are, which, which are, which, which, which are, which, which are, which, which are, which, which are, which, which are, which, which, which are, which, which are, which, which are, which, which are, which, which are, who are, who are, who are, who are, who are,,,, who are ugly. Like the bourbons of the restoration period, they did not understand anything and did not learn anything. "
Alexander RAR : "It is believed that Circassians are close to Zubkov, and the attack on Cherkesov is also an attack on Zubkov. Apparently those who lost from Zubkov’s nomination, want to strengthen their position with an attack on Circassian." [OP Opinion]
Alexander Golts : "There was a company of Putin's colleagues placed in high government posts. And this community united not at all a passionate desire to save their homeland, but an elementary envy, the feeling that they were circumvented during the first deed of ownership. They were together while it was necessary to take property from others." [OP Opinion] [EJ Daily Journal]
Алексей Мухин : "Спецслужбы борются за лидерство. Они хотят показать и обществу, и президенту, что их, и только их, ведомства смогут эффективно включиться в широкомасштабную антикоррупционную борьбу, которая довольно перспективна в условиях предвыборной кампании... Объяснение Виктора Черкесова с общественностью при помощи газеты вполне логично: у главы Госнаркоконтроля просто нет ресурсов для продолжения этой войны — остается ее завершить, "подсветив" в прессе".
Виталий Портников : "Время Владимира Путина было своеобразной передышкой воюющих сторон. Очевидно теперь, что все они готовились к 2008 году и любые варианты сохранения в том или ином качестве Владимира Путина вряд ли остановят эту подготовку". [OP Opinion]
Алексей Макаркин : "Ближний круг президента переполнен силовиками, их сферы влияния определить крайне трудно, тем более что они зачастую перекрываются. Сражаясь вместе с одними и теми же врагами, такими как Михаил Ходорковский, они могли отложить в сторону внутренние противоречия. Однако, теперь, когда они "победили", когда они контролируют все, они начали сталкиваться друг с другом".
Александр Привалов : "То, что чекизм не породил ни идеологии, ни стратегии, ему не в укор: ну не умеет и не должен уметь. Но если уж Россия висит на крюке чекизма — а тут с генералом Черкесовым трудно спорить, — это становится национальной проблемой". [op Колонка в "Эксперте"]
Wall Street Journal : "Междоусобицы среди представителей спецслужб означают, что окружение Путина продолжает ждать вакуума власти и уже готовится к его уходу". [inopressa of foreigner.ru]
Всеволод Емелин : стихотворный ответ на статью Черкесова
October 11. Заместитель Черкесова продолжает тему:
Владимир Зубрин, замглавы ФСКН : "Весь мир шокирован тем, что генерала спецслужбы взяли под стражу по материалам другой спецслужбы. Это никому непонятно... Вообще странно, когда генерал-лейтенанта спецслужбы арестовывают. Он носитель особых государственных секретов. Арестовывать нельзя, разбирайтесь в свободном порядке, виноват - судите". [op Прямая речь] [official Официальное лицо]
Путин о статье Черкесова
18 октября Путин прокомментировал статью Черкесова в беседе с корреспондентом "Коммерсанта" (при этом президент утверждает, что статьи не читал): "Выносить такого рода проблемы в СМИ считаю некорректным. И если кто-то действует таким образом, предъявляет такого рода претензии о войне спецслужб, сам сначала должен быть безупречным". [op Прямая речь] [kommers "Коммерсант"]
Евгений Киселев : "Инсайдеры утверждают, что он (Путин. - Ред.) не просто читал (статью Черкесова. - Ред.), что Черкесов, что называется, "проложился", что он пошел к Путину и сказал, что после всего, что творят с ним его противники, он не может больше молчать и выступит публично, и президент, ну, как он обычно говорит иногда, уклончиво – ну, раз считаешь, что так надо, то действуй. Что-то такое сказал".
Алексей Венедиктов : "То, что президент говорит, что он не читал, это он лукавит. Это он играет... У него есть публичная реакция, она очень мягкая. Да, она публичная, но очень мягкая. Она корректная. Он просто сказал: это некорректно. Мог снять. Ельцин бы снял уже давно". [OP Opinion]
Владимир Филин : "В войне спецслужб президент в целом принял сторону Игоря Сечина. Виктору Черкесову предложено решать споры с Сечиным в Басманном суде, Черкесову отныне запрещено заниматься публицистикой. Более того, Путин прозрачно намекнул, что Черкесов сам далеко не безупречен, что напомнило известный круглый стол с участием Ходорковского, который завел речь о коррупционной природе сделки с "Северной нефтью", на что президент отреагировал крайне резко - с этого эпизода начался разгром ЮКОСа". [OP Opinion]
АНТИНАРКОТИЧЕСКИЙ КОМИТЕТ
20 октября Путин создал Государственный антинаркотический комитет (ГАК) во главе с Виктором Черкесовым.
Указ "О дополнительных мерах по противодействию незаконному обороту наркотических средств, психотропных веществ и их прекурсоров"
Положение о Государственном антинаркотическом комитете
Состав Государственного антинаркотического комитета
Положение об антинаркотической комиссии
Состав антинаркотической комиссии
Станислав Белковский : "С точки зрения пиара назначение Виктора Черкесова главой ГАКа - это повышение, но на самом деле его аппаратное поражение".
Юлия Латынина : "Путин избрал замечательный вариант. Он создает аналогичное по профилю Федеральной службе по борьбе с наркотиками ведомство, назначает его главой Виктора Черкесова и тем самым дает всем понять, что никуда Черкесова не снимут, что он по-прежнему является такой же необходимой частью режима, как, скажем, суд или парламент в нормальном демократическом государстве, он выполняет свою функцию".
Она же : "Грызня спецслужб и есть инструмент управления страной; ситуация, которая помогает президенту Путину быть осведомленным о зле, творимом другим кланом. Как показать, что Черкесова не уволят после критики? Назначив его на должность, равнозначную патрушевской".
Дмитрий Бадовский : "Президент дал сигнал, что будет сохранять баланс и что никаких отставок сейчас не будет, по крайней мере до тех пор, пока суд не принял решений по делу Бульбова или делу "Трех китов". Идея взаимного сдерживания никуда не девается".
Глеб Павловский : "Одним мановением Путин нарисовал еще одну вертикаль там, где надлежало быть мокрому месту. Изящный, внешне непринужденный рисунок с неясной архитектурой - насколько успешно станут взаимодействовать две вертикали, в рамках каждой из которых оба соперника - Черкесов и Патрушев - оказываются подведомственны друг другу?" [op Статья на Kreml.org] [govno Путин парит над схваткой в белом венчике из роз - сам он "кто угодно, но не силовик".]
Евгений Минченко : "Путин поддержал слабейшего. Для президента сейчас важно удержать баланс между элитами".
Алексей Макаркин : "Президент продемонстрировал, что не хочет вмешиваться в конфронтацию, не желает становиться ее непосредственным участником. Думаю, президент хочет оставить во власти и тех, и этих".
Леонид Седов : "Некоторое вмешательство Путина в эти разборки между спецслужбами очевидно, и если смысл этого назначения не до конца понятен нам, то там этот сигнал наверняка понимают так, что президент не даст им разгуляться и близкого себе человека Черкесова в обиду не даст... Но я не думаю, что эта война сейчас будет иметь какое-то решающее значение и сильно повлияет на развитие политической ситуации".
Наталия Геворкян : "Он же (Путин. - Ред.) просто один из них, не более того, один из подчиненных в прошлом обеих дерущихся сторон. Может, впрочем, он надеется таким образом освободиться от клана, как в свое время освободился от тех, кто привел его к власти, когда они все расплевались между собой? Но если рухнет этот клан, он автоматически потянет за собой всех своих". [OP Opinion]
Максим Агарков : "По мере приближения к марту 2008 года Путин планомерно "обесточивает" все основные рычаги возможного изменения баланса сил. Новая диспозиция силовых органов исключает возможность давления на будущего президента со стороны каких-либо политических и финансовых групп. Но она лишает и его самого, кем бы он ни был, реальных возможностей радикально изменить "план Путина" и вести свою игру". ("Эксперт", сентябрь 2007 года) [yes Рекомендуем]
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Борис Соколов об особенностях советских чекистских войн
Михаил Романов в "Русском репортере" об истории междоусобиц советских и постсоветских спецслужб [yes Рекомендуем]
Александр Черкасов о "былом величии и спокойствии" : "Советский опыт, к которому апеллирует генерал (Черкесов. - Ред.), отнюдь не идилличен. "Органы", если им предоставлена свобода действий, если они освобождены от государственного или общественного контроля, переходят к "войне всех со всеми" — то есть, рано или поздно, друг с другом. Или же их держат "на коротком поводке". [op Мнение члена правления общества "Мемориал"] [ej Ежедневный журнал]