Vladimir Pribylovsky

Vladimir Pribylovsky

Vladimir Valerianovich Pribylovsky ( _ru. Владимир Валерианович Прибыловский, b. March 61956, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian historian, journalist and human rights advocate opposed to current Russian authorities.

He graduated from the Department of Medieval History of Moscow State University in 1981 specializing in Byzantine studies. In 1980s he was persecuted by Soviet authorities for spreading banned literature. Since 1993 he is the president of the Panorama Information and Research Center think tank. Since November 2005 he has also operated the [http://www.anticompromat.ru Anticompromat.ru] web site (in Russian), which is essentially a collection of biographies of Russian politicians written mostly by him (not to be confused with the yellow [http://www.compromat.ru Compromat.ru] by Sergey Gorshkov). On March 282007, Anticompromat.ru was closed [ [http://www.polit.ru/news/2007/03/29/anticomp.html ПОЛИТ.РУ НОВОСТИ По требованию представителей неизвестного госоргана закрыт сайт «Антикомпромат.ру» ] ] . However, on March 31, the website moved to a Californian hosting and became available at [http://www.anticompromat.org Anticompromat.org] . On April 1, its mirror was reopened at the original URL.

Vladimir Pribylovsky has co-authored chapters of "The Operation Successor" book about Vladimir Putin's coming to power (in Russian) with Yury Felshtinsky. Its newer version was published as "The Age of Assassins" [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3503559.ece The Age of Assassins: the Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin by Yuri Felshtinsky and Vladimir Pribylovsky] , by Oleg Gordievsky The Times, March 7, 2008] [ [http://www.frontlineclub.com/club_articles.php?id=374 The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin] , by Alan Cowell, 19 Mar 2008. ] [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/22/boluc122.xml Vladimir Putin and his corporate gangsters] by Sebastian Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 21/03/2008 ]

Articles

* [http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=16&issue_id=624&article_id=4531 Oligarchs, true and false] en icon
* [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/9069-15.cfm Oligarchs Toy With Their 2008 Options] en icon
* [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/7167-13.cfm Oligarchs of the Putin era: A brief guide to the Russian oligarchic system] en icon
* [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/7218-12.cfm What's the Scandal All About?] en icon

His books

*(with Yuri Felshtinsky) "The Age of Assassins. The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin", Gibson Square Books, London, 2008, ISBN 190-614207-6;

References

External links

* [http://www.panorama.ru/info/prib.html Biography] ru icon


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