Vladimir Valerianovich Pribylovsky (, 6 March 195613 January 2016) was a Soviet and Russian political scientist,Marcel H. Van Herpen. Putin's Wars: The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, , page 116 historian, journalist, human rights activist, and author of internet database Anticompromat.org on biographies of Russian politicians.The chronicler of modern Russia by RFE/RL (Russian) He also authored more than 40 books.Death of Vladimir Pribylovsky by Kommersant
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. 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.Man who knew everything by RFE/RL(Russian) From November 2005 he operated the Russian-language website Anticompromat.org,Not to be confused with the yellow Compromat.ru by Sergey Gorshkov. which is essentially a collection of biographies of Russian politicians compiled and partially written by Pribylovsky from a variety of published sources. 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. According to reviews, the book describes KGB's system of corporate rule in Russia.The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin by Vladimir Bukovsky
His latest project was providing Russian language documents about corruption in Russia for international project "Kleptocracy Initiative", including documents on registration of cooperative Ozero.Pribylovsky and St. Petersburg of gangsters, by Anastasia Kirilenko
On 13 January 2016, Pribylovsky was found dead in his Moscow apartment. His last book was "Around Putin".Around Putin: a closed system for insiders that no one leaves(Russian), Online version of the book It was published after his death. The body of Pribylovsky, according to his will, was cremated. He was buried at the Khovansky cemetery in Moscow.Прощание с публицистом Владимиром Прибыловским пройдёт сегодня в Москве // Эхо Москвы
Books Guide to New Russian Political Parties and Organizations; Dec 1992 ; National-patriots, Church and Putin. Parliamentary and Presidential Campaigns 1999–2000. By E.Mikhailovskya, V.Pribylovsky, A.Verkhovsky. 2001. , 2004
Yuri Felshtinsky, Vladimir Pribylovsky, The Corporation. Russia and the KGB in the Age of President Putin, , Encounter Books; February 25, 2009, description. Vladimir Pribylovsky The Purge by Vladimir Putin. Who has been eliminated, and who remains? (Russian), 2013, , Google books and review. Around Putin. A biographical directory (Russian), Panorama, 2016, . Online version of the book. Animal Farm 2, an unofficial sequel to Animal Farm. Online version on Orwell's Site
References
External links Biography Anticompromat.org Panorama.ru