Alexander Bortnikov

Alexander Bortnikov

Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov (in _ru. Александр Васильевич Бортников, b. 1951 in Perm, Soviet Union) is Director of the FSB since May 12 2008.

In 1975 – 2004 he worked in KGB and its successors in Leningrad/Saint Petersburg. In June 2003 – March 2004 he was the Chief of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast FSB Directorate.

From February 242004 to May 12, 2008, he was Head of the Economic Security Service of FSB and a Deputy Director of FSB.

In February 2007 Russian magazine The New Times wrote about the plan to murder Alexander Litvinenko with reference to "a sourse in the FSB": "People from the top managenent of the agency had taken part in the elaboration of the plan, maintains an FSB source. And, allegedly, FSB Director Patrushev knew about it. According to the same source, Head of the FSB Economic Security Department general-lieutenant Alexander Bortnikovhad had allegedly been appointed overseer of the operation." [ [http://newtimes.ru/5/magazine/2007/issue001/art_0012.xml Кто и зачем убил Литвиненко. ("Who and wherefore killed Litvinenko")] The New Times №1 Feb 5, 2007.] In May 2007 he was reported to have been implicated in a money-laundering case investigated by the RF Interior Ministry in connection with the murder of the Central Bank Deputy Head Andrey Kozlov. [ [http://www.newsru.com/world/23may2007/otmyv.html Австрийская полиция может возбудить дело против ключевых чиновников Кремля, утверждает New Times] NEWSru.com May 23 2007.] [ [http://newtimes.ru/5/magazine/2007/issue015/art_0023.xml Officials are taking money away to the West] by Natalia Morar, The New Times № 15, May 21, 2007 [http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2007/06/raiffeisens_russia_scandal_par.htm English translation] ]

On May 12, 2008, he was appointed Director of the FSB by President Dmitry Medvedev and is believed by some security analysts to be Medvedev's man [ [http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1010/42/362675.htm FSB Shuffle Seen Helping Medvedev] The Moscow Times May 13 2008.]

He is also a member of the board of directors of Sovkomflot.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.anticompromat.ru/bortnikov/bortnikbio.html His page in electronic database "anticompromat.ru" (Russian)] and [http://www.anticompromat.ru/bortnikov/index.html his index page] , by Vladimir Pribylovsky


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