Patrushev – the database “putins list”

Belonging to the siloviki faction of president Vladimir Putin 's inner circle, [ 1 ] Patrushev is believed to be one of the closest advisors to Putin and a leading figure behind Russia's national security affairs. Patrushev studied at secondary school No. Starting as a KGB security officer in the city of Leningrad, Patrushev eventually rose to become head of their local anti-smuggling and anti-corruption unit.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union , Patrushev continued to work in the security services and from to he was Minister of Security of the Republic of Karelia while in he was brought to Moscow as head of the Directorate of Internal Security of the Federal Counterintelligence Service FSK. On 9 August , a decree by President Boris Yeltsin promoted him to director, replacing his close friend Vladimir Putin.

Patrushev – the database “putins list”: PATRUSHEV, Nikolai Platonovich (b)

In September , a series of explosions hit four apartment blocks in three Russian cities, killing more than The handling of the crisis by Vladimir Putin, who was prime minister at the time, boosted his popularity greatly and helped him attain the presidency within a few months. Although the bombings were widely blamed on Chechen rebels, their guilt was never conclusively proven.

A number of historians and investigative journalists have instead called the bombings a false flag attack perpetrated by the FSB to win public support for a new war in Chechnya and to boost the popularity of Vladimir Putin, the former head of the FSB, prior to the upcoming presidential elections. From May until May , Patrushev had been Secretary of the Security Council of Russia , a consultative body of the president that works out his decisions on national security affairs.

Patrushev considers the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine to have been started by the United States.