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'''Boris Abramovich Kuznetsov''' (born in [[1935]]) is a prominent Russian lawyer who was engaged in many notable criminal and human rights cases, and who has been prosecuted by the Russian authorities. |
'''Boris Abramovich Kuznetsov''' (born in [[1935]]) is a prominent Russian lawyer who was engaged in many notable criminal and human rights cases, and who has been prosecuted by the Russian authorities. |
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Kuznetsov represented the families of the 118 sailors killed in the [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|Kursk nuclear submarine]], relatives of murdered journalist [[Anna Politkovskaya]], scientist [[Igor Sutyagin]] jailed on espionage charges, and many others. |
Kuznetsov represented the families of the 118 sailors killed in the [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|Kursk nuclear submarine]], relatives of murdered journalist [[Anna Politkovskaya]], scientist [[Igor Sutyagin]] jailed on espionage charges, NGO director Manana Aslamazyan <ref> [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802298_pf.html Russian Probe Shuts Media Foundation], By Peter Finn, [[Washington Post]], June 29, 2007 </ref>, and many others. |
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In the course of defending his client, [[Federation Council]] member Levon Chakhmakhchyan, he submitted to [[Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation|Russian Constitutional Court]] a document about the [[FSB (Russia)|Russian Federal Security Service]]'s illegal wiretapings of Chakhmakhchyan's phone conversations. Based on that, Kuznetsov has been prosecuted for allegedly revealing state [[top secret]]s. The criminal case agains Kuznetsov was initiated on the personal request from Federal Security Service director [[Nikolai Patrushev]]. |
In the course of defending his client, [[Federation Council]] member Levon Chakhmakhchyan, he submitted to [[Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation|Russian Constitutional Court]] a document about the [[FSB (Russia)|Russian Federal Security Service]]'s illegal wiretapings of Chakhmakhchyan's phone conversations. Based on that, Kuznetsov has been prosecuted for allegedly revealing state [[top secret]]s. The criminal case agains Kuznetsov was initiated on the personal request from Federal Security Service director [[Nikolai Patrushev]]. |
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==His books== |
==His books== |
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Kuznetsov published a book about the sinking of the [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|Russian nucleat submarine Kursk]] about the cover up of the facts behind the disaster by Russian authorities. |
Kuznetsov published a book about the sinking of the [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|Russian nucleat submarine Kursk]] about the cover up of the facts behind the disaster by Russian authorities. |
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==Notes== |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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*[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/07/465847a3-f99f-4331-ba53-76beab07f901.html Russia: Prominent Lawyer Flees Country, Fearing Prosecution], by [[RFE/RL]] |
*[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/07/465847a3-f99f-4331-ba53-76beab07f901.html Russia: Prominent Lawyer Flees Country, Fearing Prosecution], by [[RFE/RL]] |
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*[http://russianlaw.org/004.htm US lawyers hired as spin doctors for Russian mob]] |
*[http://russianlaw.org/004.htm US lawyers hired as spin doctors for Russian mob]] |
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*[http://209.15.30.101/006.htm How Inkobank duped American investors |
*[http://209.15.30.101/006.htm How Inkobank duped American investors], Russia Bulletin |
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*[http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/070607BM.shtml Manana Aslamazyan case], publication by the [[Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union]] |
*[http://www.fsumonitor.com/stories/070607BM.shtml Manana Aslamazyan case], publication by the [[Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union]] |
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Revision as of 19:38, 16 July 2007
Boris Abramovich Kuznetsov (born in 1935) is a prominent Russian lawyer who was engaged in many notable criminal and human rights cases, and who has been prosecuted by the Russian authorities.
Kuznetsov represented the families of the 118 sailors killed in the Kursk nuclear submarine, relatives of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya, scientist Igor Sutyagin jailed on espionage charges, NGO director Manana Aslamazyan [1], and many others.
In the course of defending his client, Federation Council member Levon Chakhmakhchyan, he submitted to Russian Constitutional Court a document about the Russian Federal Security Service's illegal wiretapings of Chakhmakhchyan's phone conversations. Based on that, Kuznetsov has been prosecuted for allegedly revealing state top secrets. The criminal case agains Kuznetsov was initiated on the personal request from Federal Security Service director Nikolai Patrushev.
Kuznetsov claimed that "I was simply carrying out my duty...I found documents that talked about wiretapping not just a common citizen, but a member of the Federation Council. I did as much as I could to make sure that fact was exposed and proven. And it was precisely that memorandum, marked 'secret,' that contained evidence that [security services] knew who they were eavesdropping on. And I sent it not to [Israel's] Mossad [intelligence agency] or the CIA, but to the Constitutional Court."
According to Kuznetsov, he was wrongly accused for angering the FSB: "I think there was an element of revenge in this for the book I published two years ago, but most probably it was done to exclude me from several cases, such as the case of [Educated Media Foundation chief] Manana Aslamazyan," Kuznetsov said. "I also represent the interests of [Anna] Politkovskaya's family; I don't rule out that it had to do with the case of Vladimir Khutsishvili, accused of killing [former Rosbiznesbank chief] Ivan Kivelidi, because it's perfectly plain that security services were involved in those cases in one way or another."
His books
Kuznetsov published a book about the sinking of the Russian nucleat submarine Kursk about the cover up of the facts behind the disaster by Russian authorities.
Notes
- ^ Russian Probe Shuts Media Foundation, By Peter Finn, Washington Post, June 29, 2007
Sources
- Kuznetsov in American Russian Law Institute directory
- Russia: Prominent Lawyer Flees Country, Fearing Prosecution, by RFE/RL
- US lawyers hired as spin doctors for Russian mob]
- How Inkobank duped American investors, Russia Bulletin
- Manana Aslamazyan case, publication by the Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union