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The conspiracy theory I gathered was that prime minister Vladimir Putin had nothing to show in the coming elections. His policy was showing no good results. After the bombings and the war answer, Putin's new party successfully passed over any of the candidates. Can this theory be attributed to anyone, so that it is put in the article? -- Error 01:47, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
From all appearances, this is most likely what happened in short and in all clumsiness and insolence in the making of the Kremlin politics recently given that there is a team rather than one man to be blamed for although he must be involved in everything but as a cover.-- BIR 07:33, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Any references on the official (Amir Khattab and Gochijaev) version? Did they suggest any other suspects later? Why Litvinenko books were not cited? Are they considered a reliable source? Biophys 04:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Article is missing information about Alexander Litvinenko -- Lee Hunter 17:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC) BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith went with the Litvinenko assertion on BBC Radio Four, broadcast on 12th April 2007. Jatrius 15:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The Russian article has a section on counterarguments to the theory on FSB involvement. I think it needs to be translated - I'd do it myself but it mentions a lot of names that I don't know how to translate. Esn 22:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I have made a translation of the Counterarguments section in the Russian article, but I would like to have it approved here before adding it, as this is clearly a sensitive issue:
"Officially, Trepashkin was charged with keeping official documents at home (thus breaching security) and not over accusing FSB of the bombings. His conviction had no connection to the bombings. citation needed
A parliamentary enquiry was made to the Prosecutor General of Russia; the response was that the events in Ryazan were indeed a training exercise. According to the Prosecutor General, initial investigations included an attempt of a controlled explosion of 3 kilograms of the substance from the sacks. The substance failed to detonate. The more detailed investigation ordered by the Prosecutor General concluded, on the basis of a pyrotechnical analysis, that:
The sacks contained sucrose — a disaccharide based on glucose and fructose. No traces of explosive substances ( trotyl, hexogen, octogen, tannerite?, nytroglycerine, tetryl, and picric acid) were detected. An investigation of the clock, the batteries, the detonator, the lamp, and the wires showed that although this itemd constituted a single electronic device, it was not, however, capable of producing an electric discharge at the signal from the alarm clock and was not an explosive device.
It was also noted that:
...the operation in Ryazan was planned and executed in an inappropriate way. In particular, the matter of the limits of the operation was not looked into. There was no contingency plan of informing the local authorities and the police of the training nature of the operation. in case of its detection. [1]
Critics of the FSB involvement theory suggest that Novaya Gazeta is funded by George Soros via the Open Society (Otkrytoe obshchestvo) fund and the journalists' views are therefore biased."
My opinion is that this should be added, for although it does look somewhat weak, it is nevertheless a sourced opinion, an official opinion I might add. Without it, the article looks too POV. -- AVIosad( talk) 22:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I can translate the Russian section if desired, but there are no strong counterarguments in it. Just insistance by the FSB that the bag contained sucrose, and that Trepashkin was charged for revealing state secrets, again by the FSB. Should one expect that as a counterargument? Doing so would be based on the presumption that the FSB, if guilty of the bombings, would have charged him with their tru grievance, namely that he inteferred with an FSB cover-up operation. This beggars belief. —Preceding
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Old news reports from
RIA Novosti on Trepashkin, re-published by the Moscow circuit military court in the section "Press about us":
It is uncomfortable to know that the court published news articles on its decisions but did not publish all the decisions themselves. I could not find any official verdicts on Trepashkin at movs.ru. ilgiz 19:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Found the official documents (the year 2004 verdict, the year 2005 appeal and the decision on it) at the
Radio Liberty's Yekaterinburg edition's web site.
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[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list published after Ryazan incident, 1999.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list, photo-robot 1 of 3, 1999.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list, photo-robot 2 of 3.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list, photo-robot 3 of 3.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Yuriy Tkachenko, an explosives technician who removed the wires from one of the bags.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The mechanism removed by Yuriy Tkachenko from one of the bags, according to the documentary.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Nadezhda Yukhnova, an telephone station operator who intercepted the suspicious conversation with a Moscow number starting with 224, the Lubyanka (FSB) exchange.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Aleksey Kartofel'nikov, the alert resident who noticed people carrying bags from a car into the basement.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Interior minister Vladimir Rushailo reports on a diverted apartment bombing attack in Ryazan. 24 September 1999. Putin would give the same explanation some time later.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|FSB director Nikolay Patrushev reports on an emergency readiness exercise in Ryazan. 24 September 1999, 30 minutes after Rushailo's report.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|FSB's proof of the Ryazan training exercise. The man shown from the back in an interview was presented as one of the mock perpetrators.]] |
Biophys 00:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Another interesting source: Who is Mr. Putin? (Russian) by Pribylovsky and Felshtinsky Biophys 02:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
It says (Russian):"Теракт в Буйнакске 4 сентября был подготовлен и осуществлен Главным разведывательным управлением Генштаба РФ во главе с генерал-полковником Корабельнико-вым. Операцией руководил начальник 14-го управления Главного разведывательного управления генерал-лейтенант Костечко. Осуществлением теракта занималась группа офицеров ГРУ из двенадцати человек, посланная для этого в командировку в Дагестан." Biophys 05:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
1. On 20 May 2004, an article in the Los Angeles Times described the conviction on an unrelated state secret charge of Mikhail Trepashkin, ... I couldn't find the LA Times article, but this Guardian article essentially says enough to cover the first two citation demands of that paragraph.
2. In fact, Seleznyov was referring to an unrelated explosion which indeed happened in Volgodonsk three days earlier - This is a very strong statement, as it presents a statement by one of the interested parties, Genprokuratura, without proper attribution. Besides, the provided source states that the explosive device in question was hand-grenade based... -- Illythr 23:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ilgiz ( talk • contribs) 03:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
Why are theories, stating that USA authorities are resposible for 9/11 teracts, all marked "conspiracy" and placed in tiny paragraph in the second half of 9/11 article, while in this article, the similar theory is placed in front of article as competent point of view? Dims 01:43, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
So , I added a NPOV tag to the section here is my reasoning behind it:
Looking through the section I saw that, it lists the dates for the bombings, which is good ,I have no problems with that. But it also lists dates for various developments in Putin's career. Now, is would be the purpose to include those? I think it is obviously to infer motive for the bombings. Basically it is saying shows that the bombings happened after Putin came to power, and also he got some "perks" from the bombings (ie getting reelected and the second war in Chechnya). This is done to imply that Putin is connected to the bombings, and is an obvious POV push. I mean come on, same excuse is used by Sep 11 conspiracy theories. They claim that after 9/11 Bush could invade Iraq, pass Patriot Act,take away civil liberties... SO therefore he must have cause the attacks (or at least knowingly failed to prevent them). This is obviously just a theory, and NOT a fact.
So should we also put in a chronology of events into the [September 11, 2001 attacks] article showing how "convenient" the timing of the attacks was in Bush's political career. Obviously not,maybe they would belong in the 9/11 conspiracy theories article, but not in the main article. Same thing for this article that table should only list dates relevant to the ACTUAL event not a THEORY about the event. Actually half of this article is dedicated to a conpiracy theory instead of describing the actual event, but I will get to that later.
Anyway,my rant is over. I propose to remove all the dates that have nothing to do with the bombings (ie everything about Putin). What do you guys think? PolkovnikKGB ( talk) 10:23, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Good video sources about these bombings (Russian):
There are repated attempts to describe this as a "conspiracy theory". Conspiracy theory or not should be decided by sources. FSB involvement in the bombing is a majority view - based on sources. The involvement of FSB has been described in several books published by David Satter, Alexander Litvinenko, Yuri Felshtinsky, Alex Goldfarb, Vladimir Pribylovsky and numerous TV interviews and articles (many references are already included in this article; I can bring more). Hence there are multiple reliable primary and secondary sources claiming the involvemnt of FSB to be true. But I would like to see an equally impressive list of reliable English language sources (so a reader can check) that claim the opposite. There are no such in my knowledge. I found only a couple of Russian sources where the governmental position has been described in sufficient detail. Biophys ( talk) 20:56, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
A bunch of non-notable journalists claim this to be a "conspiracy theory" simply because this seems improbable for them.
This qualifies the case as a "controversy", not as a "conspiracy theory". So, let's not define this a "conspiracy theory" in Introduction, but include this as a separate section. We do not make any judgements in introductions on controversial subjects. We only should explain in Introduction what the controversy is.Biophys (talk) 17:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Several notable proffessionals claiming the involvenet of FSB to be the case: 1 - FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, 2 - Johns Hopkins University and Hoover Institute scholar David Satter, 3 - member of Russian Duma Sergei Yushenkov, 4 notable historian Felshtinsky, 5 - political scientist Pribylovsky. 6 In addition, we have U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain telling that " There remain credible allegations that Russia's FSB had a hand in carrying out these attacks" [6]. Some of these people have written books on the sibject and they are notable experts.
A bunch of non-notable journalists claim this to be a "conspiracy theory" simply because this seems improbable for them.
This qualifies the case as a "controversy", not as a "conspiracy theory". So, let's not define this a "conspiracy theory" in Introduction, but include this as a separate section. We do not make any judgements in introductions on controversial subjects. We only should explain in Introduction what the controversy is. Biophys ( talk) 18:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Whether or not it is a conspiracy is not the issue, however the DESCRIBING of it as a conspiracy theory is indisputable fact, supported by many sources, much much more credible than Alexander Litvinenko and co., including
have referred to it as a "conspiracy theory".-- Miyokan ( talk) 01:35, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
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Why even bother writing about how "observers describe it as a conspiracy theory". That's the same as describing the theory of relativity as a "science theory", or the theory of God's existance as a "unfounded theory". There's absolutely no reason to write about this in the article. Let people who read this article draw their own conclusions. - PietervHuis ( talk) 11:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Censorship? Why don't we just remove the accusations by Litvinenko and co. then and leave the evidence? Being repeatedly called a "conspiracy theory" establishes that this is often considered a WP:FRINGE theory, and that the claims by Litvinenko and co. are not widely held. The Washington Times summarises it best - "most dismiss the theory as an unsupported conspiracy theory though it has received widespread attention".-- Miyokan ( talk) 12:19, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
First of all there's absolutely no evidence released to the public so stop saying there is. Also the fact that a journalist of the new york times describes it as a conspiracy theory doesn't make it universal. Anyway what does it matter. If it was the work of Russia it was indeed a conspiracy.
This article needs cleanup, the introduction should be shorter and allegations / investigations should be seperated. - PietervHuis ( talk) 12:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Stop putting words in my mouth, I never said that evidence was released, I was referring to the "evidence" that the "conspiracy theorists" rely on. If you want to remove "observers describe it as a conspiracy theory" then you would have to remove Former KGB/FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, Johns Hopkins University and Hoover Institute scholar David Satter,[3], Russian lawmaker Sergei Yushenkov, historian Felshtinsky, and political scientist Pribylovsky asserted that the bombings were in fact a "false flag" attack perpetrated by the FSB (successor to the KGB) in order to legitimize the resumption of military activities in Chechnya and brin - because that is their opinion, you would just have to leave the evidence that they base it on.-- Miyokan ( talk) 12:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I would really like to know, why almost everybody here ignores the involvement of Berezowski? It is a fact he sponsored the investigation, so it is obvious, that the investigation was neither independent, nor impartial. The goal was not to uncover the truth, but to accuse the government. The other fact, that 4.ex many western newspapers prefer to ignore Berezowski' background and his invocations for even a revolution in Russia he is ready to pay for, and to present him as a dissident does not make their statements more credible Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 12:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes Caesar, I encourage you to add this information to balance the article.-- Miyokan ( talk) 12:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm actually not sure if my english is good enough for such mission :) As there is much to change in the "theory of the FSB involvement" than...really much. Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 13:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conspiracy
The answer, by dictionary definition, is yes.
Wikipedia says::"A conspiracy theory usually attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social or historical events), or the concealment of such causes from public knowledge, to a secret, and often deceptive plot by a group of powerful or influential people or organizations. "
The answer, by what wikipedia considers a "conspiracy theory", is yes. Now that, on top of the fact that it's widely regarded by most notable publications as a conspiracy theory, and I think the answer is pretty much crystal clear. it IS a conspiracy theory. I renamed the section for accuracy, and arguments that it isn't are completely unfounded and unsupported. Krawndawg ( talk) 13:32, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
conspiracy theory (plural conspiracy theories)
1. A belief in or allegation of a group conspiring, or having conspired, to commit an illegal or wrongful act, or to cover up such an act; especially, such a belief that is rejected by mainstream sources.
2. (dismissive) Hence, any belief that is considered far-fetched by the mainstream; a crackpot theory.
Note number 2. This is not a neutral word and we should aim for neutrality - we all know that. The most neutral word is "claim". Let's not have to take this to adjudication, let's be sensible about it:))))) Malick78 ( talk) 17:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC) Contra III: The Alien Wars== already has a page why PRO/CONTRA not Pro/CON symmantics nothing right no the truth is that NBC ABC CNN want to work in Russia so saying Russia killed 500 people would lose them access to Russia so no news outlet will do it. Govorments will not do it eiter because Russia is still a world power be it one that believes its people are dumb and want the USSR years back. The USSR had the gulags killed millions in the Holodomor in Ukraine and that sows willingness on a scale bigger ten almost Mao in the 20th century.
Now this is not about "conspiracy theory". This is about proper placing of material. Russian version of this artivle included "Criticism of FSB involvement theory" section (see discussion in the beginning of this talk page), and rightly so. So, all materials of that kind should be placed there. We can not describe all "pro" and "contra" in the introduction. Biophys ( talk) 17:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
http://www.izvestia.ru/investigation/article3102993/ here you have about Felshtinsky, Goldfarb and Litvinenko,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/news/newsid_2957000/2957473.stm this one is about Juschenkow- as you see, he was killed just a short time after they decided to count out mr. Berezowsky (curious fact, isn’t it?)
Here a link about Kovalev
http://niiss.ru/d_kovalev.shtml his behaviour during the conflict same as the decoration as "Knight of Honour" from Dudaev directly makes him not really credible regarding questions about Chechnya.
Further Trepashkin was as we all know the other former FSB agent taking part in this notable press conference with Beresowski and Litivnenko.
Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 19:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
You have just admitted that you strongly believe that the bombings were orchestrated by Russia, declaring your bias for all to see, so please cease your deletions/manipulations/hiding away of the counterargument as you are violating WP:NPOV.
Well if you ask me: this job was not more professional than the 9/11 there is nothing about professionalism in there...give me some bags with explosives, and you will see I can blow any apartment you like in Germany (figurative meaning of course). The damage of the Chechen cause is not worse, than the hostage taking of Beslan or the Nord-Ost - not even really worse than the same in Budenovsk. As you remember, many Chechen leaders (especially Bassajew) often proclaimed "to take the war to the Russian home country". So, why all these qualms about their possible involvement?
Yes indeed, in my sources you do not see concrete details about the bombing itself as I was asked to show sources about the connections between the "independent investigation of notable experts" and Beresowski. If you ask me, there is a much easier explanation for the closed trials and so on. For the FSB it was very hard to explain, why they were not able to prevent these events, as you cannot simply say "hey guys we can't post guards to every cellar of every building in the country", same as it was hard to explain, why nobody was able to prevent the terrorists to get all these explosives (as it is equal to the confession -"actually we do not have any control about the market of these things") Now about Trepashkin and co. of course they say such things, as they have to earn money for living and Berezowski is not social welfare Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 09:30, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I am trying to make a balanced article, presenting both sides and unlike Biophys, I am neither convinced that the Chechens are to blame nor the Russian government. In case you haven't noticed, Biophys is the one removing and manipulating counterarguments, and removing counterarguments from the lead, while I haven't touched the information that asserts Russian gov. involvement. You are the least pov persion I see working here, and your previous claims that you are a "payed member of a kgb troll squad" backs that up. LOL. Yes Pietervhuis, that tongue-in-cheek infobox that I inserted proves that I am a "paid member of a kgb troll squad" *sarcasm*. Biophys has been the one deleting counterarguments, trying to remove the well sourced statement that it has been "described as a conspiracy theory" violating WP:NPOV, I am not the one deleting information.-- Miyokan ( talk) 11:33, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Does the fact that people call it a conspiracy theory change anything about the reliability of such statements? It's a Theory indeed. A theory about what? A conspiracy. Of course it's factually a conspiracy theory. So what? If I'm correct you also removed arguments with the title "if you want to place them back feel fro to do it". I'm not trying to say that you're not welcome to participate in wikipedia articles, but you are in no position to discredit Biophys. And no I don't believe you are "payed", but the fact that you subscribed to such a stroll squad and that you don't seem to be AT ALL critical of anything concerning Russia tells me that you are nowhere less biased than Biophys. - PietervHuis ( talk) 12:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
What confusion? Since they did not say a specific group (ie they did not say "most Russian journalists" or "most journalists worldwide", etc) it is quite clear that "most" refers to the majority of people worldwide who comment on the issue. There is no "emphasis" put on the invasion of Dagestan, it is a fact that the Chechen invasion of Dagestan was one of the factors leading to the invasion of Chechnya, the apartment bombings weren't the sole reason for the invasion of Chechnya. It is simply wrong to state that the apartment bombings were the sole reason for the invasion of Chechnya.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
The "official investigation" paragraph includes the following:
The explosives were prepared at a fertilizer factory in Urus-Martan, Chechnya, by mixing hexogen, TNT, aluminium powder and nitre with sugar. From there they were sent to a food storage facility in Kislovodsk, which was managed by an uncle of one of the terrorists, Yusuf Krymshakhalov. Another conspirator, Ruslan Magayayev, had leased a KamAZ truck in which the sacks were stored for two months. After everything was planned, the participants were organized into several groups which then transported the explosives to different cities. Most of the people participating were not ethnic Chechens.
Where it came from? Text in official statement by a prosecutor includes only the following (Russian):
В ходе допросов Искендеров показал, что 13 сентября 1999 года на стоянке грузового автотранспорта Волгодонска он познакомился с тремя лицами, выходцами из народностей Северного Кавказа, прибывшими в город на автомобиле "КАМАЗ", якобы для продажи картофеля. Они купили у него автомобиль, объяснив, что он необходим для доставки на рынки города более 10 тонн картофеля. В этот же день они передали Искендерову в качестве оплаты 300 долларов США и 2200 рублей. Оформление сделки купли-продажи должно было состояться 16 сентября.
Как установлено следствием, в этот же день, на территории автоколонны #2070 г.Волгодонска в будку автомашины было перегружено взрывчатое вешест-во и установлено взрывное устройство, все это было сверху замаскировано россыпью картофеля.
15 сентября 1999 года Искендеров по просьбе покупателей отогнал автомобиль на обычное место к своему дому, чтобы утром следующего дня отвести картофель на рынок,
This is about bombing in Volgodonsk and tells completely different things. I checked another source (the book by Goldfarb) and it also tells something different. I will correct this ASAP. Biophys ( talk) 18:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC) O'K, I found it: [8] Biophys ( talk) 18:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Btw. another curious fact, in the web you seem only be able to find two versions of how this happened: the one of the FSB, and the other sponsored by Berezowski...Mostly other sources only refer to one of these, so I really do not see any reason why the version of Berezowski should be more credible. Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 21:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I think not very good sectioning in there...
First- in the main part- the theory of the FSB involvement you should exclude any support or critics of the theory itself, otherwise you only repeat the same information in other words in the part "support". Further, I’ve read the text of the McCain speech... Actually I do not see any reason to give him a more important role as a source than a usual newspaper. In the context it rather seems he only refer to some information he got from the same "notable Russian experts"- probably the same as we have. (Cause in his speech he never says something about facts, but mentions things like "State Duma deputy Yuri Shendoshokhtin, who had been looking into the role of the FSB in the Moscow bombings as well as a scandal surrounding the involvement of FSB officers in illegal trade, was also killed in mysterious circumstances" just few lines before his statement about "credible allegations". Btw. as he put the UDSSR in the same box with Tzaristic Russia- calling them both "continuation of 400 years of autocratic state control, and repression" I actually tend to think he is a russophobe (do not know if this word is the same in english) and for this reason not very credible in questions about Russia at all Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 21:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
You prefer to ignore the doubtful statement of McCain about "400 years of terror" in Russia? Don't you think such radical position makes his credibility doubtful as well? Would you believe a German chancellor, saying "the USA is an example of continuation of 400 years of separatism" Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 09:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
May I try to mediate the recent edit war by putting some arguments into respective sections? This will take me an hour or so. Feel free to revert my changes. ilgiz ( talk) 07:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Miyokan please stop adding information about chechen terrorist attacks. It has nothing to do with this article and only tries to put emphasis on "chechens are terrorists, therefore they must have done it!". It would be same as for me to list all the atrocities and near-genocide commited by Russia. - PietervHuis ( talk) 01:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Please stop committing vandalism and censoring information, it is much more relevant than entries like "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President.", etc - which has nothing to do with the chronology of the apartment bombings.-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I tried to removed the irrelevant information but I was reverted, so I added other relevant information and I will reinsert this information just as the "Vladimir Putin wins Presidential election", etc, entries were reinserted. Also, please remain civil [9]-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
It wasn't reverted by me so to accuse me of vandalism is rubbish. If you want to discuss if Putin's path to presidency should or should not be listed do it here instead of engaging in an edit war. I am more civil than you - PietervHuis ( talk) 02:22, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, you reverted 2 of my entries just then. You can say that you are more civil but I am not the one that said "[my] allegations are pretty much bullshit".-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
A revert isn't proof of vandalism. I am more civil than you because I don't accuse people of vandalism right away. I edited out "bullshit" which is of course a horrible offensive phrase along with some spelling errors, but I am sorry if I offended you. - PietervHuis ( talk) 02:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
As Ilgiz said, interpreting of the chronology is left to the reader. If you see that the chronology omits certain key events, please add these events.-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
They show that Chechens have attacked civilian targets before and after. Now tell me how entries like "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President." are relevant.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Ah, so because a few chechens attacked civilians, every chechen is suspect? should we remember how many russians attacked civillians and therefore all russians are suspect?
I think those entries are relevant because the events were described in this article. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
It doesn't say every Chechen is a suspect, those terrorist attack by Chechen separatists are facts, stop censoring information. Those events are not described in the article and you still haven't explained why they are relevant. I can make silly arguments too -"Because Vladimir Putin was an FSB chief and became president of Russia the FSB was responsible for the bombings?" -- Miyokan ( talk) 03:37, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Uh yes, that doesn't make it relevant. Attacks by Russians on civillians are also facts, no need to add those either. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Attacks by Russian on civilians have nothing to do with the bombings, no one is accusing Russian soldiers on the battleground in Chechnya of being implicated in the bombings, they are accusing the FSB.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
No one is accusing Russians of implicated in the bombings? That's pretty new to me. It's not just soldiers that murder civillians. Let's not forget the bombing of grozny of the first war which left as many dead as the atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Read again, I said no one is accusing Russian soldiers on the battleground in Chechnya of being implicated in the bombings, they are accusing the FSB. Furthermore, in this case Russians were targeted, not Chechens, you would have to show where FSB has attacked Russian civilians before, not Chechens.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Attacks on civillians by a few chechen chechen soldiers have absolutely nothing to do with this article. Both Chechen soldiers and Russian soldiers have carried out attacks on civillians, that's a fact. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Those "few Chechen soldiers" numbered in the hundreds and were Chechen separatists, those who the official FSB investigation blamed the bombings on. In this case Russian civilians were targeted, not Chechen civilians, show me where Russian civilians have been killed by the FSB before.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The Russian government have attacked civillians before, see the first chechen war. I'm not even going to bother showing you, just check the casualty counts. It's not just the FSB that's being blamed but also the government. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
These bombings targeted Russian civilians, not Chechen civilians, show me specific incidents where the FSB has deliberately (not accidently) killed Russian civilians before. You have still not established why the "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President." entries are relevant.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The bombings of Grozny also targeted Russian civilians. A huge amount actually. Also I really don't care about that list. All I care is that you don't add anything to this article that depicts all chechens or chechen seperatists as terrorists. - PietervHuis ( talk) 04:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The bombings of Grozny were part of the Chechen war and targeted Chechen rebel strongholds, not Russian civilians. You have still not shown me a specific incident of the FSB deliberately killed Russian civilians and you have still not established why the "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President." entries are relevant. By deleting the information of the Chechen separatist targeting civilians, as in this case they were accused of, you are censoring information.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Hahahaha, Chechen rebel strongholds? Just like how the US bombed Nagasaki because it was full of Japanese soldiers? You're kidding me. I don't need to prove that the FSB kills russians civillians, as I already told you it's NOT JUST the fbs that are suspect but also the russian government, and the russian government doesn't care more about the lives of civillians than chechen seperatists. Therefore both the russian government and chechen seperatist have a reputation of being able to carry out these bombings and it's unfair to only list atrocities done by chechen seperatists. Also I'm not going to answer your question about how the other events are relevant because I already answered you, and because I don't care about the list and it might as well be deleted. - PietervHuis ( talk) 04:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
You have again failed to cite specific incidents of FSB killing Russian civilians and failed to justify the inclusion of the other chronology information, so please stop censoring information. Also, the bombing of Grozny was not carried out by the FSB.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't need to cite FSB atrocities or justify other peoples edits. I'll remove any irrelevant information youre trying to add. - PietervHuis ( talk) 04:21, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
На пресс-конференции О.М. Дуканов дал комментарий к публикациям в "Новой газете" и заявлению Бориса Березовского о причастности ФСБ к взрывам в Москве и Волгодонске и учениях Рязанского ФСБ. Начальник Рязанского управления ФСБ доказательно опроверг эти публикации в "Новой газете". Разъяснения по ситуации и фактам дал и эксперт Ю.В. Ткаченко, бывший начальник инженерно-технического отделения ОМОБ г.Рязани (сейчас сотрудник ОБОП). Он выезжал на место происшествия и проводил экспресс-анализ. Вот лишь два заключения эксперта. Во-первых, газовый анализатор не использовался. Во-вторых, якобы "взрыватель" (штатный) не что иное, как охотничий патрон, и он не может подорвать ни один из известных видов взрывчатого вещества.
[10]. SashaT ( talk) 03:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Actually that was claimed by Ryzan FSB boss (see the title), not by Tkachenko who said something exactly opposite according to all other sources. Biophys ( talk) 14:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I think the Introduction is much worse than it was before, as a result of edit warring. The bombing led to Second Chechen war. Why? This should be explained. Why the bombings are notable? Not only because they led to Second Chechen war, but because they allegedly have been committed by the FSB to bring Putin to power. The allegations were based on numerous evidence (unlike 911 events in the US where evidence show the opposite) and made by numerous notable experts and politicians (unlike 911 in US). Furthermore, people who tried to investigate were arrested by FSB or killed (unlike in the case of 911 events). Russian Duma refused to investigate (Unlike US Congress that investigated 911). That should be explained - as it was in the previous version. Otherwise, it is not clear what is that all about. Biophys ( talk) 14:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I also strongly suggest to describe the events in chronological order. Otherwise, this is difficult to understand. Also, we only describe the events and key claims, without making any judgements. Biophys ( talk) 17:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The intro was removed for a reason, to prevent edit warring as occurred before, please don't restart an edit war, you, an editor who has admitted he believes the FSB involvement theory, have inserted a biased intro with no counterarguments, ALL of this information is already in the article. It is much better to separate the sections so that we don't edit war over what is included in the combined section.-- Miyokan ( talk) 14:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
It's an intro, of course it contains information that's present on the rest of the article. The intro doesn't state arguments, it only states facts. Please discuss your issues here and don't delete information without question. That's considered vandalism and you (and I) can get blocked again - PietervHuis ( talk) 14:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL It is "an *abstract* according to Biophys" with no counterarguments or criticism of the FSB theory. It is fine to just define the bombings, as it does now, many articles introductions simply define the topic. The Russian wikipedia article on this topic, which is also contentious, has done exactly the same. Once again, ALL of the information in Biophys introduction is already in the article, it is simply a double of the "Theory of FSB involvement" section.-- Miyokan ( talk) 01:46, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Example of introduction according to Biophys:
Former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, Johns Hopkins University and Hoover Institute scholar David Satter,[2], Russian lawmaker Sergei Yushenkov, historian Felshtinsky, and political scientist Pribylovsky asserted that the bombings were in fact a "false flag" attack perpetrated by the FSB (successor to the KGB) in order to legitimize the resumption of military activities in Chechnya and bring Vladimir Putin and the FSB to power -where is the criticism of this theory?
The Russian Duma rejected two motions for parliamentary investigation of the Ryazan incident. An independent public commission to investigate the bombings chaired by Duma deputy Sergei Kovalev was rendered ineffective because of government refusal to respond to its inquiries. Two key members of the Kovalev Commission, Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin, both Duma members, have since died in apparent assassinations in April 2003 and July 2003 respectively. The Commission's lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin has been arrested in October 2003 to become one of the better-known political prisoners in Russia. -where is the criticism of these people?
If you insist on adding an introduction, by all means, I will insert this and other criticism to balance the article.
The involvement of the Russian government in the apartment bombings has been described as a "conspiracy theory" with its share of grounds and doubts.[64][65] In a May 2000 issue of The Washington Post Paul J. Saunders wrote that Putin's willing to shut down Novaya Gazeta could be understood because "most dismiss the involvement of the Russian government in the apartment bombings as an unsupported conspiracy theory though it has received widespread attention".[66]
Almost all the of the critics of the FSB theory, and the "independent investigation” have been directly linked with Boris Berezovsky, an outspoken critic of the administration of Vladimir Putin and allied in London with former Chechen rebel, Ahmed Zakayev.[69] Berezovsky said he was on a mission to oust Putin's government "by force", which prompted shark rebukes from the British government.[70][71] Russia has issued multiple warrants for Berezovsky's arrest and has repeatedly demanded that the U.K. extradite him, calls which have been ignored.[72] Two key members of the Kovalev Commission, Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin, both Duma members, have been widely linked with Berezovsky [73] The public inquiry commission asked Mikhail Trepashkin,another former FSB-agent linked with Berezovsky[74] Yuri Felshtinsky- another confidant of Berezovsky[75] Sergei Kovalev, a well known opposer of the Chechen wars was decorated with the "order of Honor" from Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first President of the Chechen breakaway republic of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.[76]. Alexander Litvinenko worked for Boris Berezovsky and the latter bought a house for him. [77] The Commission's lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin is mostly known for his participation in the interview beside Berezovsky and Litvinenko when Litvinenko claimed he was advised to assassinate Berezovsky. -- Miyokan ( talk) 02:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, "the most important facts and claims" according to Biophys, an admitted pro-FSB theory supporter. You simply cannot insert the information that you did without the key criticism of the accusations.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yea I think it is a little too short. But a lot better than what it used to be at one point.The intro needs to be NPOV, especially for a controversial topic like this. Maybe have a summary of the ACTUAL events that happened (note no theories here just what actually happened) then later on introduce the conflicting theories (ie FSB involvement vs terrorist attack). These should be a few sentences tops, as opposed to making 3/4 of the intro about the alleged FSB involvement. Thats just my 2 cents on the issue PolkovnikKGB ( talk) 06:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree with Polkovnik, have a summary of the ACTUAL events that happened with no theories here then later on introduce the conflicting theories. I suppose it would be ok to say this as long as it stays only this (ie these 2 sentences) - "Litvinenko, Satter and others proposed a controversial theory that the bombings were orchestrated by the FSB. However this theory remains unproven". If you start to blow this out then it would be unacceptable.-- Miyokan ( talk) 11:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I also don't know why you delete any information relating to Putin's rise to presidency from the chronology section. The events are discussed inside this article, and he is a suspect among the theorists. It also happened around the same time as the bombings. It's a good overview for people who want to see the events summed up in a simple way - PietervHuis ( talk) 16:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Putin's rise to presidency has nothing to do with the chronology of the bombings and is OR. And it was not only Putin that was in the chronology but other irrelevant OR entries like September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia., * May 12 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia. By that logic we should also include the chronology of the Chechen separatist attacks against Russian civilians because the Chechen separatists are also "suspects".-- Miyokan ( talk) 16:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Firstly you said Putin is relevant because he is a "suspect", now you say its relevant because "the bombings played a large role in his rise to power", make up your mind. They have nothing to do with the chronology of the bombings and are OR (Original Research). I could argue that attacks by chechen separatists are much more relevant because it shows that they have targeted Russian civilians before.-- Miyokan ( talk) 01:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Exactly, this has already been discussed before, see "Chronology of events:Are you kidding Me?", and users (besides Biophys) agreed that it was irrelevant to the chronology of the bombings and an obvious POV push to infer motive for the bombings.-- Miyokan ( talk) 11:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
If all that has to go, then the IPB's invasion would also have to go, and then we're left with nothing but the mention of the bombings. - PietervHuis ( talk) 18:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
I removed the two Putin references. I understand that they are a vital part of the conspiracy/controversial theory, but they do not belong in a chronology section, since this article is about the bombing not a theory. If you want you can place something in the section "Theory of FSB involvement" because that is the section that talks about the theory that these dates are part of. PolkovnikKGB ( talk) 22:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Biophys, the problem in this and other articles is, that the one side (you, Pieter and so on) try to accuse the other side (Miyokan, Alaexis and me) of propaganda in favour of Putin, but at the same time you are not impartial as well, you simply prefer a different side. If you would try to look at the situation not only from the preferred side, I think we would have not so many problems. Simply example: You think the Chechens were not to blame for the bombings and suggest the FSB could be blamed instead. The other side might think -the Chechens are to blame for the bombings and the FSB certainly not.
I think now- what do these two POV's have in common? The answer -both, you and the others do not really know what happened. Nobody actually does, and those who even maybe know something, will never make it public. So THIS is the point to stress- and not the pro or contras, as you see you will never be able to prove the one or the other version for many years... If you wish to mention both versions, the style should be absolutely impartial w/o any support from the author of the article (this includes 4.ex phrasing as well) for one of them. I think after such a big discussion we saw enough facts arguing for the one and other for the other version. All the irresistible arguments from the “notable Russian experts” became much less credible after recognizing- Berezovski paid them for “investigating”. Same the nice explanation of the FSB is suspicious because of facts like catching the two agents planting something maybe explosives. Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 19:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Biophys, this is vandalism! I gave all the sources for my claims, if you think the fact, that all the persons mentioned as the heads of the conspiracy theory are WIDELY linked with Berezovsky is not related in your eyes you are nothing but ignorant! Just for your information - В знак признательности за спасение своей жизни Березовский материально помогал Александру Литвиненко в Лондоне.
"Я платил ему около пяти тысяч фунтов стерлингов в месяц. Я купил ему дом, и хотя он был зарегистрирован на меня, там жил Александр вместе со своей семьей, и это был как будто его собственный дом", - сказал Березовский в интервью программе Newsnight. http://www.newsru.com/world/06feb2007/litv.html Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 09:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Ceasar that someone received a medal from dudayev is a small detail that should be present on the pages of the persons themselves. There's nothing wrong with having received a medal from dudayev, even putin was and still is friends with people who fought together with Dudayev. Also your sources are often Russian newspapers, they aren't always considered reliable sources. Try to find other sources. - PietervHuis ( talk) 14:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Dear Pieter, you are obviously wrong: look- what means "independent investigation"?- it means, that the investigators are absolutely impartial. If they are only independent from Kremlin- this is nothing. Mr.Kovalev received his medal not because of his big, blue eyes, but because of his engagement for the independence of Chechnya. Just read his biography. To say such a person is independent is same as if I would say, a historian, received a medal of honour from Bin Laden himself is independent in questions about Guantanamo or the war on terrorism. Finally- Dudaev was not a legal authority to accept honours issued by his government. If someone accepted them although- he is all but independent Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 14:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I clicked Kovalev's biography and all I get to read about Chechnya is that he opposed Russia's military operation of the First Chechen War and worked as a journalist. There's nothing wrong with that, leader worldwide opposed the war. The bombings of Grozny are even considerd war crimes. As a politician and journalist he is allowed to have his opinion on the first war, and still be able to start an independent investigation on a terrorist attack. - PietervHuis ( talk) 14:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Just have a look at this site
http://niiss.ru/d_kovalev.shtml someone who is known for:
С момента начала войны в Чечне С.А.Ковалев занял резко критическую позицию по отношению к официальному курсу в этом вопросе. На третий день боевых действий прибыл в Грозный, заявив, что не покинет город до тех пор, пока не начнутся мирные переговоры. Б.Н.Ельцин охарактеризовал деятельность С.А.Ковалева как “всхлипывания”.
Придерживался мнения, что ультиматум о разоружении, предъявленный правительством России Дудаеву, является бессмысленным, так как никакой приказ Дудаева не привел бы к разоружению до того, как будут достигнуты двухсторонние соглашения и получены гарантии того, что на переговорах будут поставлены многие другие вопросы. Нацеленность на безоговорочную капитуляцию чеченских бандформирований С.А.Ковалев считал неверной и высказывался за скорейшее прекращение боевых действий и вывод федеральных войск из Чечни.
В дальнейшем точка зрения С.А.Ковалева не изменилась.
is never impartial! Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 14:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Btw. I m really glad, that there is definitely said "В дальнейшем точка зрения С.А.Ковалева не изменилась" otherwise you would again start to claim, that all these details are only about the first war and have nothing to do with questions after this war :/
Caesar Augustvs (
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14:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
PietervHuis can't read Russian, (note to Pietervhuis: google translator is no substitute). The information is directly relevant because it directly questions their impartiality, readers have to decide for themselves with all the information presented, not censored.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:13, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, but I don't speak Russian. Anyway, those details are already covered on the criticism page. There's no need to mention them every time those persons are mentioned. Informatio such as that should be present on the pages about those people, and is already present at the criticism section of this page. As Biophys already said: "this a propaganda technique called Poisoning the well. Actually, this is WP:SYN problem. You imply that these people are not trustworthy by including negative information about them which is completely irrelated to this article. This is also a "POV fork", which is explicitly discouraged by WP policies." - PietervHuis ( talk) 15:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Firstly, " Poisoning the well" is not a wikipedia policy. Secondly, readers can decide for themselves whether to believe these people with all information presented to them without censorship.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Well ok, this is nothing about poisoning the well, as "being linked with Berezovski" is nothing inherently negative, the reader is able to decide for himself if it is negative or positive or neutral :) agree? But however, I agree the structure should be improved to avoid doubled information Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 15:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, even if "poisoning the well" was wikipedia policy, which it isn't, there is nothing negative, readers can decide for themselves with the information presented to them. Yes we should avoid doubled information like the intro Biophys reinserted void of counterarguments which is just a double of the "Theory of FSB involvement" section.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Since it seems that there is edit warring between multiple parties, I have fully protected the page. Please build consensus and discuss changes here first instead of engaging in an edit war. -- slakr\ talk / 16:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes LOL - "Russia killed Litvinenko", one of the most laughable accusations I ever heard.
I mean everybody who knows even a little about the situation would ask himself, why Russia should have killed Litvinenko with a dose of poison which costs about!!!30 million Euros!!! for the dose that was used to kill
[15] and leaves a track through half Europe, but on the other hand is said to have killed Shchekochikhin much easier and without leaving any hints or tracks :)
Further everybody should actually ask- why the FSB should kill Litvinenko, who was not more than a pawn in hands of Berezovski, but at the same time does no harm to Berezovski himself, though Lugovoi visited him with Litvinenko after already poisoned him (Berezovski claimed that his team found marks of radioactivity on the chair Lugovoi has taken)
However, all these questions, same as the statement of Berezovski about an "Atomic suitcase" which was offered to him from a "unnamed source", and the fact, that Berezovski got much more profit from the death of Litvinenko than FSB could ever dream of, are significantly not so well published in the western mass media
Caesar Augustvs (
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20:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, I d like to stay here :) but than we should keep in mind and in the article these details about Litvinenko and co. You can not expect from the usual reader to go deeper in the information to keep all the information about Litvinenkos and co. relation to Berezovski, or the relation of Kovalenko to the Chechen rebellion itself in the detail-article.
I do not insist on the term "conspiration theory" 4.ex - but I insist to show the origin and at least a bit of the background of statements and claims same as you give them saying- "official investigation of the FSB".
Thats why I do not agree with the term "independent investigation" as the only one this investigation was independent from was the Russian government.
Further I insist the proportion of the information shoud be at least equal- means, you can't widely describe the accusations and statements of somebody, and than shortly mention at the end of the chapter "oh, btw. he was a little bit linked with Berezowski" as if it doesn't really matter
Caesar Augustvs (
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22:27, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Same as you ignore my proposials Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 07:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
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The conspiracy theory I gathered was that prime minister Vladimir Putin had nothing to show in the coming elections. His policy was showing no good results. After the bombings and the war answer, Putin's new party successfully passed over any of the candidates. Can this theory be attributed to anyone, so that it is put in the article? -- Error 01:47, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
From all appearances, this is most likely what happened in short and in all clumsiness and insolence in the making of the Kremlin politics recently given that there is a team rather than one man to be blamed for although he must be involved in everything but as a cover.-- BIR 07:33, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Any references on the official (Amir Khattab and Gochijaev) version? Did they suggest any other suspects later? Why Litvinenko books were not cited? Are they considered a reliable source? Biophys 04:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
Article is missing information about Alexander Litvinenko -- Lee Hunter 17:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC) BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith went with the Litvinenko assertion on BBC Radio Four, broadcast on 12th April 2007. Jatrius 15:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The Russian article has a section on counterarguments to the theory on FSB involvement. I think it needs to be translated - I'd do it myself but it mentions a lot of names that I don't know how to translate. Esn 22:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
I have made a translation of the Counterarguments section in the Russian article, but I would like to have it approved here before adding it, as this is clearly a sensitive issue:
"Officially, Trepashkin was charged with keeping official documents at home (thus breaching security) and not over accusing FSB of the bombings. His conviction had no connection to the bombings. citation needed
A parliamentary enquiry was made to the Prosecutor General of Russia; the response was that the events in Ryazan were indeed a training exercise. According to the Prosecutor General, initial investigations included an attempt of a controlled explosion of 3 kilograms of the substance from the sacks. The substance failed to detonate. The more detailed investigation ordered by the Prosecutor General concluded, on the basis of a pyrotechnical analysis, that:
The sacks contained sucrose — a disaccharide based on glucose and fructose. No traces of explosive substances ( trotyl, hexogen, octogen, tannerite?, nytroglycerine, tetryl, and picric acid) were detected. An investigation of the clock, the batteries, the detonator, the lamp, and the wires showed that although this itemd constituted a single electronic device, it was not, however, capable of producing an electric discharge at the signal from the alarm clock and was not an explosive device.
It was also noted that:
...the operation in Ryazan was planned and executed in an inappropriate way. In particular, the matter of the limits of the operation was not looked into. There was no contingency plan of informing the local authorities and the police of the training nature of the operation. in case of its detection. [1]
Critics of the FSB involvement theory suggest that Novaya Gazeta is funded by George Soros via the Open Society (Otkrytoe obshchestvo) fund and the journalists' views are therefore biased."
My opinion is that this should be added, for although it does look somewhat weak, it is nevertheless a sourced opinion, an official opinion I might add. Without it, the article looks too POV. -- AVIosad( talk) 22:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I can translate the Russian section if desired, but there are no strong counterarguments in it. Just insistance by the FSB that the bag contained sucrose, and that Trepashkin was charged for revealing state secrets, again by the FSB. Should one expect that as a counterargument? Doing so would be based on the presumption that the FSB, if guilty of the bombings, would have charged him with their tru grievance, namely that he inteferred with an FSB cover-up operation. This beggars belief. —Preceding
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Old news reports from
RIA Novosti on Trepashkin, re-published by the Moscow circuit military court in the section "Press about us":
It is uncomfortable to know that the court published news articles on its decisions but did not publish all the decisions themselves. I could not find any official verdicts on Trepashkin at movs.ru. ilgiz 19:45, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Found the official documents (the year 2004 verdict, the year 2005 appeal and the decision on it) at the
Radio Liberty's Yekaterinburg edition's web site.
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Computer translation
ilgiz
03:22, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list published after Ryazan incident, 1999.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list, photo-robot 1 of 3, 1999.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list, photo-robot 2 of 3.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The wanted list, photo-robot 3 of 3.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Yuriy Tkachenko, an explosives technician who removed the wires from one of the bags.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|The mechanism removed by Yuriy Tkachenko from one of the bags, according to the documentary.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Nadezhda Yukhnova, an telephone station operator who intercepted the suspicious conversation with a Moscow number starting with 224, the Lubyanka (FSB) exchange.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Aleksey Kartofel'nikov, the alert resident who noticed people carrying bags from a car into the basement.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|Interior minister Vladimir Rushailo reports on a diverted apartment bombing attack in Ryazan. 24 September 1999. Putin would give the same explanation some time later.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|FSB director Nikolay Patrushev reports on an emergency readiness exercise in Ryazan. 24 September 1999, 30 minutes after Rushailo's report.]] |
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg -->|thumb|left|300px|FSB's proof of the Ryazan training exercise. The man shown from the back in an interview was presented as one of the mock perpetrators.]] |
Biophys 00:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Another interesting source: Who is Mr. Putin? (Russian) by Pribylovsky and Felshtinsky Biophys 02:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
It says (Russian):"Теракт в Буйнакске 4 сентября был подготовлен и осуществлен Главным разведывательным управлением Генштаба РФ во главе с генерал-полковником Корабельнико-вым. Операцией руководил начальник 14-го управления Главного разведывательного управления генерал-лейтенант Костечко. Осуществлением теракта занималась группа офицеров ГРУ из двенадцати человек, посланная для этого в командировку в Дагестан." Biophys 05:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
1. On 20 May 2004, an article in the Los Angeles Times described the conviction on an unrelated state secret charge of Mikhail Trepashkin, ... I couldn't find the LA Times article, but this Guardian article essentially says enough to cover the first two citation demands of that paragraph.
2. In fact, Seleznyov was referring to an unrelated explosion which indeed happened in Volgodonsk three days earlier - This is a very strong statement, as it presents a statement by one of the interested parties, Genprokuratura, without proper attribution. Besides, the provided source states that the explosive device in question was hand-grenade based... -- Illythr 23:58, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ilgiz ( talk • contribs) 03:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
Why are theories, stating that USA authorities are resposible for 9/11 teracts, all marked "conspiracy" and placed in tiny paragraph in the second half of 9/11 article, while in this article, the similar theory is placed in front of article as competent point of view? Dims 01:43, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
So , I added a NPOV tag to the section here is my reasoning behind it:
Looking through the section I saw that, it lists the dates for the bombings, which is good ,I have no problems with that. But it also lists dates for various developments in Putin's career. Now, is would be the purpose to include those? I think it is obviously to infer motive for the bombings. Basically it is saying shows that the bombings happened after Putin came to power, and also he got some "perks" from the bombings (ie getting reelected and the second war in Chechnya). This is done to imply that Putin is connected to the bombings, and is an obvious POV push. I mean come on, same excuse is used by Sep 11 conspiracy theories. They claim that after 9/11 Bush could invade Iraq, pass Patriot Act,take away civil liberties... SO therefore he must have cause the attacks (or at least knowingly failed to prevent them). This is obviously just a theory, and NOT a fact.
So should we also put in a chronology of events into the [September 11, 2001 attacks] article showing how "convenient" the timing of the attacks was in Bush's political career. Obviously not,maybe they would belong in the 9/11 conspiracy theories article, but not in the main article. Same thing for this article that table should only list dates relevant to the ACTUAL event not a THEORY about the event. Actually half of this article is dedicated to a conpiracy theory instead of describing the actual event, but I will get to that later.
Anyway,my rant is over. I propose to remove all the dates that have nothing to do with the bombings (ie everything about Putin). What do you guys think? PolkovnikKGB ( talk) 10:23, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Good video sources about these bombings (Russian):
There are repated attempts to describe this as a "conspiracy theory". Conspiracy theory or not should be decided by sources. FSB involvement in the bombing is a majority view - based on sources. The involvement of FSB has been described in several books published by David Satter, Alexander Litvinenko, Yuri Felshtinsky, Alex Goldfarb, Vladimir Pribylovsky and numerous TV interviews and articles (many references are already included in this article; I can bring more). Hence there are multiple reliable primary and secondary sources claiming the involvemnt of FSB to be true. But I would like to see an equally impressive list of reliable English language sources (so a reader can check) that claim the opposite. There are no such in my knowledge. I found only a couple of Russian sources where the governmental position has been described in sufficient detail. Biophys ( talk) 20:56, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
A bunch of non-notable journalists claim this to be a "conspiracy theory" simply because this seems improbable for them.
This qualifies the case as a "controversy", not as a "conspiracy theory". So, let's not define this a "conspiracy theory" in Introduction, but include this as a separate section. We do not make any judgements in introductions on controversial subjects. We only should explain in Introduction what the controversy is.Biophys (talk) 17:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Several notable proffessionals claiming the involvenet of FSB to be the case: 1 - FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, 2 - Johns Hopkins University and Hoover Institute scholar David Satter, 3 - member of Russian Duma Sergei Yushenkov, 4 notable historian Felshtinsky, 5 - political scientist Pribylovsky. 6 In addition, we have U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John McCain telling that " There remain credible allegations that Russia's FSB had a hand in carrying out these attacks" [6]. Some of these people have written books on the sibject and they are notable experts.
A bunch of non-notable journalists claim this to be a "conspiracy theory" simply because this seems improbable for them.
This qualifies the case as a "controversy", not as a "conspiracy theory". So, let's not define this a "conspiracy theory" in Introduction, but include this as a separate section. We do not make any judgements in introductions on controversial subjects. We only should explain in Introduction what the controversy is. Biophys ( talk) 18:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Whether or not it is a conspiracy is not the issue, however the DESCRIBING of it as a conspiracy theory is indisputable fact, supported by many sources, much much more credible than Alexander Litvinenko and co., including
have referred to it as a "conspiracy theory".-- Miyokan ( talk) 01:35, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
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Why even bother writing about how "observers describe it as a conspiracy theory". That's the same as describing the theory of relativity as a "science theory", or the theory of God's existance as a "unfounded theory". There's absolutely no reason to write about this in the article. Let people who read this article draw their own conclusions. - PietervHuis ( talk) 11:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Censorship? Why don't we just remove the accusations by Litvinenko and co. then and leave the evidence? Being repeatedly called a "conspiracy theory" establishes that this is often considered a WP:FRINGE theory, and that the claims by Litvinenko and co. are not widely held. The Washington Times summarises it best - "most dismiss the theory as an unsupported conspiracy theory though it has received widespread attention".-- Miyokan ( talk) 12:19, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
First of all there's absolutely no evidence released to the public so stop saying there is. Also the fact that a journalist of the new york times describes it as a conspiracy theory doesn't make it universal. Anyway what does it matter. If it was the work of Russia it was indeed a conspiracy.
This article needs cleanup, the introduction should be shorter and allegations / investigations should be seperated. - PietervHuis ( talk) 12:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Stop putting words in my mouth, I never said that evidence was released, I was referring to the "evidence" that the "conspiracy theorists" rely on. If you want to remove "observers describe it as a conspiracy theory" then you would have to remove Former KGB/FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, Johns Hopkins University and Hoover Institute scholar David Satter,[3], Russian lawmaker Sergei Yushenkov, historian Felshtinsky, and political scientist Pribylovsky asserted that the bombings were in fact a "false flag" attack perpetrated by the FSB (successor to the KGB) in order to legitimize the resumption of military activities in Chechnya and brin - because that is their opinion, you would just have to leave the evidence that they base it on.-- Miyokan ( talk) 12:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I would really like to know, why almost everybody here ignores the involvement of Berezowski? It is a fact he sponsored the investigation, so it is obvious, that the investigation was neither independent, nor impartial. The goal was not to uncover the truth, but to accuse the government. The other fact, that 4.ex many western newspapers prefer to ignore Berezowski' background and his invocations for even a revolution in Russia he is ready to pay for, and to present him as a dissident does not make their statements more credible Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 12:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes Caesar, I encourage you to add this information to balance the article.-- Miyokan ( talk) 12:50, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm actually not sure if my english is good enough for such mission :) As there is much to change in the "theory of the FSB involvement" than...really much. Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 13:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conspiracy
The answer, by dictionary definition, is yes.
Wikipedia says::"A conspiracy theory usually attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social or historical events), or the concealment of such causes from public knowledge, to a secret, and often deceptive plot by a group of powerful or influential people or organizations. "
The answer, by what wikipedia considers a "conspiracy theory", is yes. Now that, on top of the fact that it's widely regarded by most notable publications as a conspiracy theory, and I think the answer is pretty much crystal clear. it IS a conspiracy theory. I renamed the section for accuracy, and arguments that it isn't are completely unfounded and unsupported. Krawndawg ( talk) 13:32, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
conspiracy theory (plural conspiracy theories)
1. A belief in or allegation of a group conspiring, or having conspired, to commit an illegal or wrongful act, or to cover up such an act; especially, such a belief that is rejected by mainstream sources.
2. (dismissive) Hence, any belief that is considered far-fetched by the mainstream; a crackpot theory.
Note number 2. This is not a neutral word and we should aim for neutrality - we all know that. The most neutral word is "claim". Let's not have to take this to adjudication, let's be sensible about it:))))) Malick78 ( talk) 17:39, 14 March 2008 (UTC) Contra III: The Alien Wars== already has a page why PRO/CONTRA not Pro/CON symmantics nothing right no the truth is that NBC ABC CNN want to work in Russia so saying Russia killed 500 people would lose them access to Russia so no news outlet will do it. Govorments will not do it eiter because Russia is still a world power be it one that believes its people are dumb and want the USSR years back. The USSR had the gulags killed millions in the Holodomor in Ukraine and that sows willingness on a scale bigger ten almost Mao in the 20th century.
Now this is not about "conspiracy theory". This is about proper placing of material. Russian version of this artivle included "Criticism of FSB involvement theory" section (see discussion in the beginning of this talk page), and rightly so. So, all materials of that kind should be placed there. We can not describe all "pro" and "contra" in the introduction. Biophys ( talk) 17:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
http://www.izvestia.ru/investigation/article3102993/ here you have about Felshtinsky, Goldfarb and Litvinenko,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/news/newsid_2957000/2957473.stm this one is about Juschenkow- as you see, he was killed just a short time after they decided to count out mr. Berezowsky (curious fact, isn’t it?)
Here a link about Kovalev
http://niiss.ru/d_kovalev.shtml his behaviour during the conflict same as the decoration as "Knight of Honour" from Dudaev directly makes him not really credible regarding questions about Chechnya.
Further Trepashkin was as we all know the other former FSB agent taking part in this notable press conference with Beresowski and Litivnenko.
Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 19:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
You have just admitted that you strongly believe that the bombings were orchestrated by Russia, declaring your bias for all to see, so please cease your deletions/manipulations/hiding away of the counterargument as you are violating WP:NPOV.
Well if you ask me: this job was not more professional than the 9/11 there is nothing about professionalism in there...give me some bags with explosives, and you will see I can blow any apartment you like in Germany (figurative meaning of course). The damage of the Chechen cause is not worse, than the hostage taking of Beslan or the Nord-Ost - not even really worse than the same in Budenovsk. As you remember, many Chechen leaders (especially Bassajew) often proclaimed "to take the war to the Russian home country". So, why all these qualms about their possible involvement?
Yes indeed, in my sources you do not see concrete details about the bombing itself as I was asked to show sources about the connections between the "independent investigation of notable experts" and Beresowski. If you ask me, there is a much easier explanation for the closed trials and so on. For the FSB it was very hard to explain, why they were not able to prevent these events, as you cannot simply say "hey guys we can't post guards to every cellar of every building in the country", same as it was hard to explain, why nobody was able to prevent the terrorists to get all these explosives (as it is equal to the confession -"actually we do not have any control about the market of these things") Now about Trepashkin and co. of course they say such things, as they have to earn money for living and Berezowski is not social welfare Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 09:30, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I am trying to make a balanced article, presenting both sides and unlike Biophys, I am neither convinced that the Chechens are to blame nor the Russian government. In case you haven't noticed, Biophys is the one removing and manipulating counterarguments, and removing counterarguments from the lead, while I haven't touched the information that asserts Russian gov. involvement. You are the least pov persion I see working here, and your previous claims that you are a "payed member of a kgb troll squad" backs that up. LOL. Yes Pietervhuis, that tongue-in-cheek infobox that I inserted proves that I am a "paid member of a kgb troll squad" *sarcasm*. Biophys has been the one deleting counterarguments, trying to remove the well sourced statement that it has been "described as a conspiracy theory" violating WP:NPOV, I am not the one deleting information.-- Miyokan ( talk) 11:33, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Does the fact that people call it a conspiracy theory change anything about the reliability of such statements? It's a Theory indeed. A theory about what? A conspiracy. Of course it's factually a conspiracy theory. So what? If I'm correct you also removed arguments with the title "if you want to place them back feel fro to do it". I'm not trying to say that you're not welcome to participate in wikipedia articles, but you are in no position to discredit Biophys. And no I don't believe you are "payed", but the fact that you subscribed to such a stroll squad and that you don't seem to be AT ALL critical of anything concerning Russia tells me that you are nowhere less biased than Biophys. - PietervHuis ( talk) 12:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
What confusion? Since they did not say a specific group (ie they did not say "most Russian journalists" or "most journalists worldwide", etc) it is quite clear that "most" refers to the majority of people worldwide who comment on the issue. There is no "emphasis" put on the invasion of Dagestan, it is a fact that the Chechen invasion of Dagestan was one of the factors leading to the invasion of Chechnya, the apartment bombings weren't the sole reason for the invasion of Chechnya. It is simply wrong to state that the apartment bombings were the sole reason for the invasion of Chechnya.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
The "official investigation" paragraph includes the following:
The explosives were prepared at a fertilizer factory in Urus-Martan, Chechnya, by mixing hexogen, TNT, aluminium powder and nitre with sugar. From there they were sent to a food storage facility in Kislovodsk, which was managed by an uncle of one of the terrorists, Yusuf Krymshakhalov. Another conspirator, Ruslan Magayayev, had leased a KamAZ truck in which the sacks were stored for two months. After everything was planned, the participants were organized into several groups which then transported the explosives to different cities. Most of the people participating were not ethnic Chechens.
Where it came from? Text in official statement by a prosecutor includes only the following (Russian):
В ходе допросов Искендеров показал, что 13 сентября 1999 года на стоянке грузового автотранспорта Волгодонска он познакомился с тремя лицами, выходцами из народностей Северного Кавказа, прибывшими в город на автомобиле "КАМАЗ", якобы для продажи картофеля. Они купили у него автомобиль, объяснив, что он необходим для доставки на рынки города более 10 тонн картофеля. В этот же день они передали Искендерову в качестве оплаты 300 долларов США и 2200 рублей. Оформление сделки купли-продажи должно было состояться 16 сентября.
Как установлено следствием, в этот же день, на территории автоколонны #2070 г.Волгодонска в будку автомашины было перегружено взрывчатое вешест-во и установлено взрывное устройство, все это было сверху замаскировано россыпью картофеля.
15 сентября 1999 года Искендеров по просьбе покупателей отогнал автомобиль на обычное место к своему дому, чтобы утром следующего дня отвести картофель на рынок,
This is about bombing in Volgodonsk and tells completely different things. I checked another source (the book by Goldfarb) and it also tells something different. I will correct this ASAP. Biophys ( talk) 18:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC) O'K, I found it: [8] Biophys ( talk) 18:21, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Btw. another curious fact, in the web you seem only be able to find two versions of how this happened: the one of the FSB, and the other sponsored by Berezowski...Mostly other sources only refer to one of these, so I really do not see any reason why the version of Berezowski should be more credible. Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 21:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I think not very good sectioning in there...
First- in the main part- the theory of the FSB involvement you should exclude any support or critics of the theory itself, otherwise you only repeat the same information in other words in the part "support". Further, I’ve read the text of the McCain speech... Actually I do not see any reason to give him a more important role as a source than a usual newspaper. In the context it rather seems he only refer to some information he got from the same "notable Russian experts"- probably the same as we have. (Cause in his speech he never says something about facts, but mentions things like "State Duma deputy Yuri Shendoshokhtin, who had been looking into the role of the FSB in the Moscow bombings as well as a scandal surrounding the involvement of FSB officers in illegal trade, was also killed in mysterious circumstances" just few lines before his statement about "credible allegations". Btw. as he put the UDSSR in the same box with Tzaristic Russia- calling them both "continuation of 400 years of autocratic state control, and repression" I actually tend to think he is a russophobe (do not know if this word is the same in english) and for this reason not very credible in questions about Russia at all Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 21:16, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
You prefer to ignore the doubtful statement of McCain about "400 years of terror" in Russia? Don't you think such radical position makes his credibility doubtful as well? Would you believe a German chancellor, saying "the USA is an example of continuation of 400 years of separatism" Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 09:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
May I try to mediate the recent edit war by putting some arguments into respective sections? This will take me an hour or so. Feel free to revert my changes. ilgiz ( talk) 07:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Miyokan please stop adding information about chechen terrorist attacks. It has nothing to do with this article and only tries to put emphasis on "chechens are terrorists, therefore they must have done it!". It would be same as for me to list all the atrocities and near-genocide commited by Russia. - PietervHuis ( talk) 01:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Please stop committing vandalism and censoring information, it is much more relevant than entries like "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President.", etc - which has nothing to do with the chronology of the apartment bombings.-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I tried to removed the irrelevant information but I was reverted, so I added other relevant information and I will reinsert this information just as the "Vladimir Putin wins Presidential election", etc, entries were reinserted. Also, please remain civil [9]-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
It wasn't reverted by me so to accuse me of vandalism is rubbish. If you want to discuss if Putin's path to presidency should or should not be listed do it here instead of engaging in an edit war. I am more civil than you - PietervHuis ( talk) 02:22, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, you reverted 2 of my entries just then. You can say that you are more civil but I am not the one that said "[my] allegations are pretty much bullshit".-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
A revert isn't proof of vandalism. I am more civil than you because I don't accuse people of vandalism right away. I edited out "bullshit" which is of course a horrible offensive phrase along with some spelling errors, but I am sorry if I offended you. - PietervHuis ( talk) 02:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
As Ilgiz said, interpreting of the chronology is left to the reader. If you see that the chronology omits certain key events, please add these events.-- Miyokan ( talk) 02:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
They show that Chechens have attacked civilian targets before and after. Now tell me how entries like "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President." are relevant.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Ah, so because a few chechens attacked civilians, every chechen is suspect? should we remember how many russians attacked civillians and therefore all russians are suspect?
I think those entries are relevant because the events were described in this article. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
It doesn't say every Chechen is a suspect, those terrorist attack by Chechen separatists are facts, stop censoring information. Those events are not described in the article and you still haven't explained why they are relevant. I can make silly arguments too -"Because Vladimir Putin was an FSB chief and became president of Russia the FSB was responsible for the bombings?" -- Miyokan ( talk) 03:37, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Uh yes, that doesn't make it relevant. Attacks by Russians on civillians are also facts, no need to add those either. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Attacks by Russian on civilians have nothing to do with the bombings, no one is accusing Russian soldiers on the battleground in Chechnya of being implicated in the bombings, they are accusing the FSB.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
No one is accusing Russians of implicated in the bombings? That's pretty new to me. It's not just soldiers that murder civillians. Let's not forget the bombing of grozny of the first war which left as many dead as the atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Read again, I said no one is accusing Russian soldiers on the battleground in Chechnya of being implicated in the bombings, they are accusing the FSB. Furthermore, in this case Russians were targeted, not Chechens, you would have to show where FSB has attacked Russian civilians before, not Chechens.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Attacks on civillians by a few chechen chechen soldiers have absolutely nothing to do with this article. Both Chechen soldiers and Russian soldiers have carried out attacks on civillians, that's a fact. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Those "few Chechen soldiers" numbered in the hundreds and were Chechen separatists, those who the official FSB investigation blamed the bombings on. In this case Russian civilians were targeted, not Chechen civilians, show me where Russian civilians have been killed by the FSB before.-- Miyokan ( talk) 03:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The Russian government have attacked civillians before, see the first chechen war. I'm not even going to bother showing you, just check the casualty counts. It's not just the FSB that's being blamed but also the government. - PietervHuis ( talk) 03:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
These bombings targeted Russian civilians, not Chechen civilians, show me specific incidents where the FSB has deliberately (not accidently) killed Russian civilians before. You have still not established why the "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President." entries are relevant.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The bombings of Grozny also targeted Russian civilians. A huge amount actually. Also I really don't care about that list. All I care is that you don't add anything to this article that depicts all chechens or chechen seperatists as terrorists. - PietervHuis ( talk) 04:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The bombings of Grozny were part of the Chechen war and targeted Chechen rebel strongholds, not Russian civilians. You have still not shown me a specific incident of the FSB deliberately killed Russian civilians and you have still not established why the "July 1998: Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB." "September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia." "May 12, 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "August 9, 1999: Vladimir Putin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia" "March 26, 2000: Vladimir Putin is elected President." entries are relevant. By deleting the information of the Chechen separatist targeting civilians, as in this case they were accused of, you are censoring information.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Hahahaha, Chechen rebel strongholds? Just like how the US bombed Nagasaki because it was full of Japanese soldiers? You're kidding me. I don't need to prove that the FSB kills russians civillians, as I already told you it's NOT JUST the fbs that are suspect but also the russian government, and the russian government doesn't care more about the lives of civillians than chechen seperatists. Therefore both the russian government and chechen seperatist have a reputation of being able to carry out these bombings and it's unfair to only list atrocities done by chechen seperatists. Also I'm not going to answer your question about how the other events are relevant because I already answered you, and because I don't care about the list and it might as well be deleted. - PietervHuis ( talk) 04:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
You have again failed to cite specific incidents of FSB killing Russian civilians and failed to justify the inclusion of the other chronology information, so please stop censoring information. Also, the bombing of Grozny was not carried out by the FSB.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I don't need to cite FSB atrocities or justify other peoples edits. I'll remove any irrelevant information youre trying to add. - PietervHuis ( talk) 04:21, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
На пресс-конференции О.М. Дуканов дал комментарий к публикациям в "Новой газете" и заявлению Бориса Березовского о причастности ФСБ к взрывам в Москве и Волгодонске и учениях Рязанского ФСБ. Начальник Рязанского управления ФСБ доказательно опроверг эти публикации в "Новой газете". Разъяснения по ситуации и фактам дал и эксперт Ю.В. Ткаченко, бывший начальник инженерно-технического отделения ОМОБ г.Рязани (сейчас сотрудник ОБОП). Он выезжал на место происшествия и проводил экспресс-анализ. Вот лишь два заключения эксперта. Во-первых, газовый анализатор не использовался. Во-вторых, якобы "взрыватель" (штатный) не что иное, как охотничий патрон, и он не может подорвать ни один из известных видов взрывчатого вещества.
[10]. SashaT ( talk) 03:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Actually that was claimed by Ryzan FSB boss (see the title), not by Tkachenko who said something exactly opposite according to all other sources. Biophys ( talk) 14:44, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I think the Introduction is much worse than it was before, as a result of edit warring. The bombing led to Second Chechen war. Why? This should be explained. Why the bombings are notable? Not only because they led to Second Chechen war, but because they allegedly have been committed by the FSB to bring Putin to power. The allegations were based on numerous evidence (unlike 911 events in the US where evidence show the opposite) and made by numerous notable experts and politicians (unlike 911 in US). Furthermore, people who tried to investigate were arrested by FSB or killed (unlike in the case of 911 events). Russian Duma refused to investigate (Unlike US Congress that investigated 911). That should be explained - as it was in the previous version. Otherwise, it is not clear what is that all about. Biophys ( talk) 14:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I also strongly suggest to describe the events in chronological order. Otherwise, this is difficult to understand. Also, we only describe the events and key claims, without making any judgements. Biophys ( talk) 17:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The intro was removed for a reason, to prevent edit warring as occurred before, please don't restart an edit war, you, an editor who has admitted he believes the FSB involvement theory, have inserted a biased intro with no counterarguments, ALL of this information is already in the article. It is much better to separate the sections so that we don't edit war over what is included in the combined section.-- Miyokan ( talk) 14:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
It's an intro, of course it contains information that's present on the rest of the article. The intro doesn't state arguments, it only states facts. Please discuss your issues here and don't delete information without question. That's considered vandalism and you (and I) can get blocked again - PietervHuis ( talk) 14:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
LOL It is "an *abstract* according to Biophys" with no counterarguments or criticism of the FSB theory. It is fine to just define the bombings, as it does now, many articles introductions simply define the topic. The Russian wikipedia article on this topic, which is also contentious, has done exactly the same. Once again, ALL of the information in Biophys introduction is already in the article, it is simply a double of the "Theory of FSB involvement" section.-- Miyokan ( talk) 01:46, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Example of introduction according to Biophys:
Former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, Johns Hopkins University and Hoover Institute scholar David Satter,[2], Russian lawmaker Sergei Yushenkov, historian Felshtinsky, and political scientist Pribylovsky asserted that the bombings were in fact a "false flag" attack perpetrated by the FSB (successor to the KGB) in order to legitimize the resumption of military activities in Chechnya and bring Vladimir Putin and the FSB to power -where is the criticism of this theory?
The Russian Duma rejected two motions for parliamentary investigation of the Ryazan incident. An independent public commission to investigate the bombings chaired by Duma deputy Sergei Kovalev was rendered ineffective because of government refusal to respond to its inquiries. Two key members of the Kovalev Commission, Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin, both Duma members, have since died in apparent assassinations in April 2003 and July 2003 respectively. The Commission's lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin has been arrested in October 2003 to become one of the better-known political prisoners in Russia. -where is the criticism of these people?
If you insist on adding an introduction, by all means, I will insert this and other criticism to balance the article.
The involvement of the Russian government in the apartment bombings has been described as a "conspiracy theory" with its share of grounds and doubts.[64][65] In a May 2000 issue of The Washington Post Paul J. Saunders wrote that Putin's willing to shut down Novaya Gazeta could be understood because "most dismiss the involvement of the Russian government in the apartment bombings as an unsupported conspiracy theory though it has received widespread attention".[66]
Almost all the of the critics of the FSB theory, and the "independent investigation” have been directly linked with Boris Berezovsky, an outspoken critic of the administration of Vladimir Putin and allied in London with former Chechen rebel, Ahmed Zakayev.[69] Berezovsky said he was on a mission to oust Putin's government "by force", which prompted shark rebukes from the British government.[70][71] Russia has issued multiple warrants for Berezovsky's arrest and has repeatedly demanded that the U.K. extradite him, calls which have been ignored.[72] Two key members of the Kovalev Commission, Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin, both Duma members, have been widely linked with Berezovsky [73] The public inquiry commission asked Mikhail Trepashkin,another former FSB-agent linked with Berezovsky[74] Yuri Felshtinsky- another confidant of Berezovsky[75] Sergei Kovalev, a well known opposer of the Chechen wars was decorated with the "order of Honor" from Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first President of the Chechen breakaway republic of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.[76]. Alexander Litvinenko worked for Boris Berezovsky and the latter bought a house for him. [77] The Commission's lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin is mostly known for his participation in the interview beside Berezovsky and Litvinenko when Litvinenko claimed he was advised to assassinate Berezovsky. -- Miyokan ( talk) 02:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, "the most important facts and claims" according to Biophys, an admitted pro-FSB theory supporter. You simply cannot insert the information that you did without the key criticism of the accusations.-- Miyokan ( talk) 04:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Yea I think it is a little too short. But a lot better than what it used to be at one point.The intro needs to be NPOV, especially for a controversial topic like this. Maybe have a summary of the ACTUAL events that happened (note no theories here just what actually happened) then later on introduce the conflicting theories (ie FSB involvement vs terrorist attack). These should be a few sentences tops, as opposed to making 3/4 of the intro about the alleged FSB involvement. Thats just my 2 cents on the issue PolkovnikKGB ( talk) 06:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree with Polkovnik, have a summary of the ACTUAL events that happened with no theories here then later on introduce the conflicting theories. I suppose it would be ok to say this as long as it stays only this (ie these 2 sentences) - "Litvinenko, Satter and others proposed a controversial theory that the bombings were orchestrated by the FSB. However this theory remains unproven". If you start to blow this out then it would be unacceptable.-- Miyokan ( talk) 11:17, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
I also don't know why you delete any information relating to Putin's rise to presidency from the chronology section. The events are discussed inside this article, and he is a suspect among the theorists. It also happened around the same time as the bombings. It's a good overview for people who want to see the events summed up in a simple way - PietervHuis ( talk) 16:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Putin's rise to presidency has nothing to do with the chronology of the bombings and is OR. And it was not only Putin that was in the chronology but other irrelevant OR entries like September 1998: Yevgeny Primakov, a KGB veteran, becomes Prime Minister of Russia., * May 12 1999: Sergei Stepashin, a former FSB Director, becomes Prime Minister of Russia. By that logic we should also include the chronology of the Chechen separatist attacks against Russian civilians because the Chechen separatists are also "suspects".-- Miyokan ( talk) 16:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Firstly you said Putin is relevant because he is a "suspect", now you say its relevant because "the bombings played a large role in his rise to power", make up your mind. They have nothing to do with the chronology of the bombings and are OR (Original Research). I could argue that attacks by chechen separatists are much more relevant because it shows that they have targeted Russian civilians before.-- Miyokan ( talk) 01:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Exactly, this has already been discussed before, see "Chronology of events:Are you kidding Me?", and users (besides Biophys) agreed that it was irrelevant to the chronology of the bombings and an obvious POV push to infer motive for the bombings.-- Miyokan ( talk) 11:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
If all that has to go, then the IPB's invasion would also have to go, and then we're left with nothing but the mention of the bombings. - PietervHuis ( talk) 18:41, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
I removed the two Putin references. I understand that they are a vital part of the conspiracy/controversial theory, but they do not belong in a chronology section, since this article is about the bombing not a theory. If you want you can place something in the section "Theory of FSB involvement" because that is the section that talks about the theory that these dates are part of. PolkovnikKGB ( talk) 22:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Biophys, the problem in this and other articles is, that the one side (you, Pieter and so on) try to accuse the other side (Miyokan, Alaexis and me) of propaganda in favour of Putin, but at the same time you are not impartial as well, you simply prefer a different side. If you would try to look at the situation not only from the preferred side, I think we would have not so many problems. Simply example: You think the Chechens were not to blame for the bombings and suggest the FSB could be blamed instead. The other side might think -the Chechens are to blame for the bombings and the FSB certainly not.
I think now- what do these two POV's have in common? The answer -both, you and the others do not really know what happened. Nobody actually does, and those who even maybe know something, will never make it public. So THIS is the point to stress- and not the pro or contras, as you see you will never be able to prove the one or the other version for many years... If you wish to mention both versions, the style should be absolutely impartial w/o any support from the author of the article (this includes 4.ex phrasing as well) for one of them. I think after such a big discussion we saw enough facts arguing for the one and other for the other version. All the irresistible arguments from the “notable Russian experts” became much less credible after recognizing- Berezovski paid them for “investigating”. Same the nice explanation of the FSB is suspicious because of facts like catching the two agents planting something maybe explosives. Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 19:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Biophys, this is vandalism! I gave all the sources for my claims, if you think the fact, that all the persons mentioned as the heads of the conspiracy theory are WIDELY linked with Berezovsky is not related in your eyes you are nothing but ignorant! Just for your information - В знак признательности за спасение своей жизни Березовский материально помогал Александру Литвиненко в Лондоне.
"Я платил ему около пяти тысяч фунтов стерлингов в месяц. Я купил ему дом, и хотя он был зарегистрирован на меня, там жил Александр вместе со своей семьей, и это был как будто его собственный дом", - сказал Березовский в интервью программе Newsnight. http://www.newsru.com/world/06feb2007/litv.html Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 09:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Ceasar that someone received a medal from dudayev is a small detail that should be present on the pages of the persons themselves. There's nothing wrong with having received a medal from dudayev, even putin was and still is friends with people who fought together with Dudayev. Also your sources are often Russian newspapers, they aren't always considered reliable sources. Try to find other sources. - PietervHuis ( talk) 14:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Dear Pieter, you are obviously wrong: look- what means "independent investigation"?- it means, that the investigators are absolutely impartial. If they are only independent from Kremlin- this is nothing. Mr.Kovalev received his medal not because of his big, blue eyes, but because of his engagement for the independence of Chechnya. Just read his biography. To say such a person is independent is same as if I would say, a historian, received a medal of honour from Bin Laden himself is independent in questions about Guantanamo or the war on terrorism. Finally- Dudaev was not a legal authority to accept honours issued by his government. If someone accepted them although- he is all but independent Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 14:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
I clicked Kovalev's biography and all I get to read about Chechnya is that he opposed Russia's military operation of the First Chechen War and worked as a journalist. There's nothing wrong with that, leader worldwide opposed the war. The bombings of Grozny are even considerd war crimes. As a politician and journalist he is allowed to have his opinion on the first war, and still be able to start an independent investigation on a terrorist attack. - PietervHuis ( talk) 14:39, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Just have a look at this site
http://niiss.ru/d_kovalev.shtml someone who is known for:
С момента начала войны в Чечне С.А.Ковалев занял резко критическую позицию по отношению к официальному курсу в этом вопросе. На третий день боевых действий прибыл в Грозный, заявив, что не покинет город до тех пор, пока не начнутся мирные переговоры. Б.Н.Ельцин охарактеризовал деятельность С.А.Ковалева как “всхлипывания”.
Придерживался мнения, что ультиматум о разоружении, предъявленный правительством России Дудаеву, является бессмысленным, так как никакой приказ Дудаева не привел бы к разоружению до того, как будут достигнуты двухсторонние соглашения и получены гарантии того, что на переговорах будут поставлены многие другие вопросы. Нацеленность на безоговорочную капитуляцию чеченских бандформирований С.А.Ковалев считал неверной и высказывался за скорейшее прекращение боевых действий и вывод федеральных войск из Чечни.
В дальнейшем точка зрения С.А.Ковалева не изменилась.
is never impartial! Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 14:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Btw. I m really glad, that there is definitely said "В дальнейшем точка зрения С.А.Ковалева не изменилась" otherwise you would again start to claim, that all these details are only about the first war and have nothing to do with questions after this war :/
Caesar Augustvs (
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14:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
PietervHuis can't read Russian, (note to Pietervhuis: google translator is no substitute). The information is directly relevant because it directly questions their impartiality, readers have to decide for themselves with all the information presented, not censored.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:13, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, but I don't speak Russian. Anyway, those details are already covered on the criticism page. There's no need to mention them every time those persons are mentioned. Informatio such as that should be present on the pages about those people, and is already present at the criticism section of this page. As Biophys already said: "this a propaganda technique called Poisoning the well. Actually, this is WP:SYN problem. You imply that these people are not trustworthy by including negative information about them which is completely irrelated to this article. This is also a "POV fork", which is explicitly discouraged by WP policies." - PietervHuis ( talk) 15:15, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Firstly, " Poisoning the well" is not a wikipedia policy. Secondly, readers can decide for themselves whether to believe these people with all information presented to them without censorship.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Well ok, this is nothing about poisoning the well, as "being linked with Berezovski" is nothing inherently negative, the reader is able to decide for himself if it is negative or positive or neutral :) agree? But however, I agree the structure should be improved to avoid doubled information Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 15:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, even if "poisoning the well" was wikipedia policy, which it isn't, there is nothing negative, readers can decide for themselves with the information presented to them. Yes we should avoid doubled information like the intro Biophys reinserted void of counterarguments which is just a double of the "Theory of FSB involvement" section.-- Miyokan ( talk) 15:35, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Since it seems that there is edit warring between multiple parties, I have fully protected the page. Please build consensus and discuss changes here first instead of engaging in an edit war. -- slakr\ talk / 16:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes LOL - "Russia killed Litvinenko", one of the most laughable accusations I ever heard.
I mean everybody who knows even a little about the situation would ask himself, why Russia should have killed Litvinenko with a dose of poison which costs about!!!30 million Euros!!! for the dose that was used to kill
[15] and leaves a track through half Europe, but on the other hand is said to have killed Shchekochikhin much easier and without leaving any hints or tracks :)
Further everybody should actually ask- why the FSB should kill Litvinenko, who was not more than a pawn in hands of Berezovski, but at the same time does no harm to Berezovski himself, though Lugovoi visited him with Litvinenko after already poisoned him (Berezovski claimed that his team found marks of radioactivity on the chair Lugovoi has taken)
However, all these questions, same as the statement of Berezovski about an "Atomic suitcase" which was offered to him from a "unnamed source", and the fact, that Berezovski got much more profit from the death of Litvinenko than FSB could ever dream of, are significantly not so well published in the western mass media
Caesar Augustvs (
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20:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, I d like to stay here :) but than we should keep in mind and in the article these details about Litvinenko and co. You can not expect from the usual reader to go deeper in the information to keep all the information about Litvinenkos and co. relation to Berezovski, or the relation of Kovalenko to the Chechen rebellion itself in the detail-article.
I do not insist on the term "conspiration theory" 4.ex - but I insist to show the origin and at least a bit of the background of statements and claims same as you give them saying- "official investigation of the FSB".
Thats why I do not agree with the term "independent investigation" as the only one this investigation was independent from was the Russian government.
Further I insist the proportion of the information shoud be at least equal- means, you can't widely describe the accusations and statements of somebody, and than shortly mention at the end of the chapter "oh, btw. he was a little bit linked with Berezowski" as if it doesn't really matter
Caesar Augustvs (
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22:27, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Same as you ignore my proposials Caesar Augustvs ( talk) 07:44, 8 February 2008 (UTC)