The Putin Mystique: Inside Russia’s Power Cult (44 page)

⁵⁵
Ibid.

⁵⁶
Kononov, Nikolai. “Kollaps na troikh.” Forbes [Russian edition], 04.2009.

⁵⁷
From an interview in June 2011. The day after the interview, we would learn that Sofyin had been fired by Basel management.

⁵⁸
The name of the person has been changed to protect him.

⁵⁹
Adapted and translated into English by Anna Arutunyan, from: Vladimov, Georgy.
Verny Ruslan. Istoriya karaulnoy sobaki
. Vagrius, Moscow: 2004.

⁶⁰
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, The New Nobility. The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB. Kindle Edition. 2010.

⁶¹
Kryshtanovskaya, Olga. Anatomiya rossi-yskoi elity. Zakharov, Moscow: 2005.

⁶²
As cited in Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan. Kremlin Rising. Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner. New York, 2005. (Kindle Edition).

⁶³
Moskovsky Komsomolets, April 7, 1995, cited in Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan. Kremlin Rising. Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner. New York, 2005. (Kindle Edition).

⁶⁴
Kryshtanovskaya, Olga.
Anatomiya rossiyskoi elity
. Zakharov, Moscow: 2005.

⁶⁵
Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, The New Nobility. The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB. Kindle Edition. 2010.

⁶⁶
Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan. Kremlin Rising. Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner. New York, 2005. (Kindle Edition).

⁶⁷
Ibid.

⁶⁸
As cited in Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, The New Nobility.
The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB
. Kindle Edition. 2010.

⁶⁹
Zhivov, V. M.; Uspensky, B. A. Tsar I Bog. As cited in: Sharov, Vladimir. Iskusheniye Revolutsiyei.(Russkaya verkhovnaya vlast). Arsis Books, Moscow: 2009.

⁷⁰
Uspensky, B. A. Tsar I samozvanets. As cited in: Sharov, Vladimir. Iskusheniye Revolutsiyei.(Russkaya verkhovnaya vlast). Arsis Books, Moscow: 2009.

⁷¹
Massa, Isaac. As cited in: Sharov, Vladimir. Iskusheniye Revolutsiyei. (Russkaya verkhovnaya vlast). Arsis Books, Moscow: 2009.

⁷²
From an interview given to the author in October 2011. Kabanov recalled this incident in response to a question about Andrei Soldatov’s 2010 book,
The New Nobility
, which describes the increasing powers and violations of the FSB which coincided with the rise of Vladimir Putin. While it accurately portrays the brutality and unaccountability of the security service, and the rights abuses committed in the name of fighting terrorism, the book offers only a brief section on the economic crimes committed by the FSB. The brief examples and quotes offered by Soldatov, which were cited earlier in this chapter, helped formulate questions for my own investigation into the motives behind this kind of behaviour, motives which I felt were not examined in
The New Nobility
.

⁷³
Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan. Kremlin Rising. Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution. A Lisa Drew Book/Scribner. New York, 2005. (Kindle Edition).

⁷⁴
Ibid.

⁷⁵
Kryshtanovskaya, Olga. Anatomiya rossi-yskoi elity. Zakharov, Moscow: 2005.

⁷⁶
Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition.

⁷⁷
Humphrey, Caroline; Sneath, David. “Shanghaied by the Bureaucracy: Bribery and Post-Soviet Officialdom in Russia and Mongolia.” Between Morality and the Law: Corruption, Anthropology and Comparative Society. Edited by Italo Pardo. Ashgate Publishing: 2004, pp 85-99.

⁷⁸
See Huskey, Eugene. “Cadres Policy in the Russian Transition.” Leading Russia: Putin in Perspective. Oxford University Press, New York: 2005, pp 161-178.

⁷⁹
Soldatov, Andrei. “Why Putin Will Inherit an Unhappy FSB in 2012.” The Moscow Times. October 13, 2011.

⁸⁰
A video of this press conference was archived by RIA Novosti, under the title “Pochemy v rossiiskikh SIZO prodolzhayut gibnut lyudi?”
http://ria.ru/press_video/20111019/464471081.html

⁸¹
“Kity na beregu.” Vedomosti. No. 172. September 14, 2006.

⁸²
“I. O. genprokurora prigodilsya dlya mebeli.” Kommersant, No. 106, June 15, 2006.
http://kommersant.ru/doc/682324?isSearch=True&stamp=634588780138873531

⁸³
See Raff, Anna. “Customs Men Raid Tri Kita Furniture.” The Moscow Times. August 26, 2000.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/customs-men-raid-tri-kita-furniture/259328.html

⁸⁴
Shleinov, Roman. “Osoby control dlya mebeli.” Novaya Gazeta, November 1, 2004.
http://2004.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2004/81n/n81n-s29.shtml

⁸⁵
“I. O. genprokurora prigodilsya dlya mebeli.” Kommersant, No. 106, June 15, 2006.
http://kommersant.ru/doc/682324?isSearch=True&stamp=634589044545059536
. See also: “Kto takoi Yuri Zaostrovtsev.” Kommersant, No. 45. March 15, 2004.
http://kommersant.ru/doc/457494?-stamp=634589043578934871

⁸⁶
As quoted by Igor Pylayev in “Grandmebeltorg.” Delovaya khronika, October 29, 2002.

⁸⁷
Shleinov, Roman. “Osoby control dlya mebeli.” Novaya Gazeta, November 1, 2004.
http://2004.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2004/81n/n81n-s29.shtml

⁸⁸
“Kto takoi Yuri Zaostrovtsev.” Kommersant, No. 45. March 15, 2004.
http://kommersant.ru/doc/457494?-stamp=634589043578934871

⁸⁹
That business is conducted personally rather through paperwork is another symptom of the total lack of either legislative protection or institutional mechanisms. Entrepreneurs trust meetings, not mailed requests to a far larger extent than in the West. See Amos, Howard. “Know-Who More Important than Know-How.” The Moscow Times. January 11, 2011.

⁹⁰
The name has been changed at the request of the businessman to protect him from possible problems with security.

⁹¹
See Kommersant-Online, January 27, 2011.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1574455/print

⁹²
Butorina, Yekaterina. “Chuzhoi sredi svoikh.” Vremya novostei. No. 142. August 11, 2004.

⁹³
A video of this press conference was archived by RIA Novosti, under the title “Pochemy v rossiiskikh SIZO prodolzhayut gibnut lyudi?”
http://ria.ru/press_video/20111019/464471081.html

⁹⁴
“Kak razvivalos delo ‘Trekh kitov.’” Kommersant. No. 57. April 2, 2010.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1347136

⁹⁵
For more on Shchekochikhin, the allegations of poisoning, and his role in investigating the Tri Kita case, see: Abdullaev, Nabi. “Mystery Shrouds Death of Journalist Shchekochikhin.” The St. Petersburg Times. July 4, 2008.
http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=26446

⁹⁶
“Putin: Rassledovat delo ‘Trekh kitov’ budet sledovatel iz Lenoblasti.” RIA Novosti, June 16, 2006.
http://ria.ru/economy/20060616/49576574.html

⁹⁷
Vrazhina, Anna. “Sila Slova.” Lenta.ru. October 9, 2007.
http://www.lenta.ru/articles/2007/10/09/cherkesov/

⁹⁸
“Glavny obvinyayemy po delu ‘Trekh kitov’ prigovoren k 8 godam.’ RIA Novosti. April 1, 2010.
http://ria.ru/general_jurisdiction/20100401/217637390.html

⁹⁹
“Kity na beregu.” Vedomosti. No. 172. September 14, 2006.

¹⁰⁰
Fishman, Mikhail. “Shchit i kit.” Russian Newsweek. November 13, 2006.

¹⁰¹
Cherkesov, Viktor. “Nelzya dopustit, chtoby voiny prevratilis v torgovtsev.” Kommersant.No. 184. October 9, 2007.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/812840?stamp=634590656769812026

¹⁰²
Andryukhin, Alexander. “Militsioner-ubiitsa Yevsyukov: “A ya niskolko ne raskaivayus. Vsled za mnoi parovozikom poidut moi nachalniki.” Izvestia. May 8, 2009.
http://www.izvestia.ru/news/348339

¹⁰³
From an official protocol statement published on the site of lawyer Igor Trunov, who represented Yevsyukov’s victims in court.
http://www.trunov.com/content.php?act=showcont&id=6445

¹⁰⁴
Kachkayeva, Elina. “Yevsyukov grabil supermarket Ostrov, poka byl uchastkovym.” Komsomolskaya Pravda, October 10, 2009.
http://www.kp.ru/daily/24379.5/560425/

¹⁰⁵
Based on interviews with Chichvarkin’s lawyers, Yuri Gervis and Vladimir Zherebenkov, conducted in February- March 2010. See also: Ivanov, Igor. “Ogon, voda i telefonnyie trubki.” Russky Newsweek. November 2, 2009

¹⁰⁶
Ivanov, Igor. “Ogon, voda i telefonnyie trubki.” Russky Newsweek. November 2, 2009.

¹⁰⁷
Ibid.

¹⁰⁸
“Ex-tamozhennik Sheremetyevo poluchil 9 let kolonii za kontrabandu telefonov dlya ‘Yevroseti.’”
Newsru.com
. April 1, 2009.
http://www.newsru.com/arch/russia/01apr2009/tamoj9.html

¹⁰⁹
Ibid.

¹¹⁰
Ibid.

¹¹¹
Ibid.

¹¹²
Ibid.

¹¹³
Latynina, Yulia. “Kto dovel Yevsyukova.” Novaya Gazeta. February 15, 2010.
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/data/2010/016/01.html

¹¹⁴
Belovsky, Ignat. “Yevsyukov v dele s Chichvarkinym.” Gazeta.ru. July 28, 2009.
http://www.gazeta.ru/social/2009/07/28/3228691.shtml

¹¹⁵
Interview with Boris Levin. Gazeta.ru. November 18, 2010.
http://www.gazeta.ru/social/2010/11/18/3440461.shtml

¹¹⁶
Shvarev, Alexander. “Militsia yuga Moskvy obezglavlena.” Rosbalt. April 20, 2009.
http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2009/04/20/634943.html
. And Shvarev, Alexander. “Delo Chichvarkina: Militseiski Sled.” Rosbalt. February 3, 2009.
http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2009/02/03/615210.html

¹¹⁷
“Yevsyukov prokhodit svidetelem po delu Chichvarkina..” Rosbalt. July 22, 2009.

¹¹⁸
Shvarev, Alexander. “Militsia yuga Moskvy obezglavlena.” Rosbalt. April 20, 2009.
http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2009/04/20/634943.html

¹¹⁹
Interview with Boris Levin. Gazeta.ru. November 18, 2010.
http://www.gazeta.ru/social/2010/11/18/3440461.shtml

¹²⁰
Ivanov, Igor. “Ogon., voda i telefonnyie trubki.” Russky Newsweek. November 2, 2009.

¹²¹
Shvarev, Alexander. “V dele Chichvarkina poyavilsya Yevsyukov.” Rosbalt News Agency, July 22, 2009.

¹²²
Belovsky, Ignat. “Yevsyukov v dele s Chichvarkinym.” Gazeta.ru. July 28, 2009.
http://www.gazeta.ru/social/2009/07/28/3228691.shtml

¹²³
Shevtsova, Lilia. Putin’s Russia. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Washington, 2004, p. 429.

¹²⁴
Ibid., p. 404.

¹²⁵
Humphrey, Caroline; Sneath, David. “Shanghied by the Bureaucracy: Bribery and Post-Soviet Officialdom in Russia and Mongolia.” Between Morality and the Law: Corruption, Anthropology and Comparative Society. Edited by Italo Pardo. Ashgate Publishing: 2004, pp. 90-91.

¹²⁶
Ibid.

¹²⁷
Humphrey, Caroline; Sneath, David. “Shanghied by the Bureauacracy: Bribery and Post-Soviet Officialdom in Russia and Mongolia.” Between Morality and the Law: Corruption, Anthropology and Comparative Society. Edited by Italo Pardo. Ashgate Publishing: 2004, pp. 90-91.

¹²⁸
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vB2a15dOU

¹²⁹
“Mayor Dymovsky – MK: Mne nadoyelo byt tryapkoi” Moskovsky Komsomolets. November 9, 2009.
http://www.mk.ru/social/article/2009/11/08/381478-may-or-dyimovskiy-mk-mne-nadoelo-by-it-tryapkoy.html

¹³⁰
From an interview given to the author in January 2010. See also: Arutunyan, A. “Russia’s whistle-blowers in peril.” The Moscow News. February 1, 2010.
http://themoscownews.com/news/20100201/55407384.html

¹³¹
Mayetnaya, Yelizaveta; Sedakov, Pavel. “Bedny mayorik.” Newsweek. No. 47. November 2009.

¹³²
Arutunyan, A. “Dymovsky freed from jail.” The Moscow News. March 9, 2010.
http://themoscownews.com/news/20100309/55419006.html

¹³³
Arutunyan, A. “Dymovsky freed from jail.” The Moscow News. March 9, 2010.
http://themoscownews.com/news/20100309/55419006.html

¹³⁴
“Yedinoross Andrei Makarov predlozhil likvidirovat MVD.” Kommersant. No. 4276 (221), November 26, 2009.

¹³⁵
Zorkin, Valery. “Povtorenie proidennogo. K shestnadtsatiletiyu rossiiskoi konstitutsii.” Rossiyskaya Gazeta. No. 5062 (238). December 11, 2009.

¹³⁶
As cited in: “Vstrecha s Putinym dlya menya oskorbleniye.” Gazeta.ru. November 20, 2011.
http://www.gazeta.ru/news/lastnews/2009/11/20/n_1426817.shtml