Vladimir Pribylovsky

Vladimir Valerianovich Pribylovsky
Native name Владимир Валерианович Прибыловский
Born (1956-03-06)6 March 1956
Moscow, Soviet Union
Died 13 January 2016(2016-01-13) (aged 59)
Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russian
Alma mater Moscow State University
Occupation journalism, political analysis, activism
Known for human rights activism

Vladimir Valerianovich Pribylovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Валериа́нович Прибыло́вский, 6 March 1956 – 13 January 2016) was a Russian political analyst, journalist, human rights activist, and author of internet database Anticompromat.org on biographies of Russian politicians.[1] He also authored more than 40 books.[2]

Biography

Pribylovsky graduated from the Department of Medieval History of Moscow State University in 1981 specializing in Byzantine studies, and published several articles on early Byzantine history.[3][4]In the 1980s he was persecuted by Soviet authorities for spreading banned literature.

Since 1993 he was the president of the Panorama Information and Research Center think tank.[5] From November 2005 he operated the Russian-language website Anticompromat.org,[6] which is essentially a collection of biographies of Russian politicians compiled and partially written by Pribylovsky from a variety of published sources.[7] The site was included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. On 31 March, after being shortly closed, the website moved to a Californian hosting.

Together with Yury Felshtinsky, Pribylovsky co-authored The Operation Successor, a book about Vladimir Putin's rise to power. Later versions were published as The Age of Assassins and Corporation.[8][9][10]

His latest project was providing Russian language documents about corruption in Russia for international project "Kleptocracy Initiative", including documents on registration of cooperative Ozero.[11]

On 13 January 2016, Pribylovsky was found dead in his Moscow apartment.[12] According to preliminary reports, he died of a heart attack.[13]

Books

References

  1. ↑ The chronicler of modern Russia by RFE/RL (Russian)
  2. ↑ Death of Vladimir Pribylovsky by Kommersant
  3. ↑ "Biographical timeline". www.panorama.ru. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  4. ↑ Pribylovsky, Vladimir (1986). "Tax reform under emperor Anastasius I". Византийский временник (in Russian). Институтом истории, Академии наук Союза Советских Социалистических Республик (46): 189–198.
  5. ↑ Russia's Own WikiLeaks Takes Off
  6. ↑ Not to be confused with the yellow Compromat.ru by Sergey Gorshkov.
  7. ↑ По требованию представителей неизвестного госоргана закрыт сайт "Антикомпромат.ру" (in Russian). March 29, 2007.
  8. ↑ Gordievsky, Oleg (March 7, 2008). "The Age of Assassins: the Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin by Yuri Felshtinsky and Vladimir Pribylovsky". The Times. London.
  9. ↑ Cowell, Alan (March 19, 2008). "The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin". Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  10. ↑ Smith, Sebastian (March 21, 2008). "Vladimir Putin and his corporate gangsters". The Daily Telegraph.
  11. ↑ Pribylovsky and St. Petersburg of gangsters, by Anastasia Kirilenko
  12. ↑ Oliphant, Roland (13 January 2016). "Putin critic found dead in apartment". The Daily Telegragh. London. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "В Москве умер политолог и публицист Владимир Прибыловский". Радио Свобода. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
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