1/4
Emran Navruzbekov was a Russian spy.
Emran Nawruzbekov (39), first lieutenant of counterintelligence at the Russian secret services FSB, was supposed to take part in “a special operation against citizens of the Russian Federation who fled Russia and were wanted” in Turkey and Syria for Russian President Vladimir Putin (70 ). For this he received a passport, issued directly by the Kremlin.
But instead of obeying and handing over his fellow citizens to the Russian state, Nawruzbekov fled and asked for political asylum in Poland, as the human rights organization «Gulagu.net» discovered in a two-hour interview with the agent. Now his family living in Russia has been arrested by the FSB – to silence him?
«The FSB monitors all criminal activity»
The crackdowns against his relatives were initiated by the “central apparatus” after he testified publicly about the FSB’s crimes, Nawruzbekov said on appeal. Because of his high position in Russia’s secret services, Nawruzbekov has a gold mine of sensitive information that could land the Russian state in trouble.
According to the former spy, the FSB is particularly active in the Russian republics of Dagestan and Chechnya with disinformation campaigns. “In essence, the FSB controls all criminal activity in these regions.” When the liquor store bombings in Makhachkala, capital of the Republic of Dagestan, took place in the summer of 2013, Russia blamed Muslim extremists, but presumably the FSB itself was behind it.
And not only that: according to Navruzbekov, the FSB kidnaps, tortures and blackmails businessmen who can pay a ransom. To this end, the FSB has its own torture chambers throughout the region. For example, Dutch MSF humanitarian Arjan Erkel, 52, was kidnapped in Makhachkala in 2004 and spent 607 days in captivity awaiting ransom payments – a work of the FSB, if Navruzbekov is to be believed. .
Desertion is punished with imprisonment
Navruzbekov risked his life and the lives of his family members to conduct the interview, but he said it was worth it. Because he wants to publicize the “rot” of the Russian government. When Navruzbekov offered to defect to other FSB officers, they all told him that their oath to the country was more important and that they had families in Russia. Some are obviously afraid, others just seem to be waiting for something to happen.
Anyone who speaks out against the regime in Russia is declared an “extremist” and their children cannot attend school or university, explained the former secret service agent in an interview. But things can get worse, as the example of Ramazan Rasulov shows.
Well-informed Kremlin expert Igor Sushko summarizes more information from the Twitter interview. According to former spy Navruzbekov, Razulov was preparing to escape Russian intelligence bonds and fled to the UK with more than 250 gigabytes of evidence when he was captured. Razulov was first sent to Makhachkala in Dagestan for interrogation and is now being held in the FSB Lefortovo prison in Moscow, Navruzbekov said. Since 2014, when he was first sent to the Ukrainian Donbass, Rasulov has been meticulously collecting evidence to convict Russian intelligence. How he is now is not clear.
The Russian secret service FSB and the Russian government declined to comment on the allegations against “Gulagu.net”. (Postal Code)
