Vladimir Rushailo

Nationality	Russia
Profession	Politician
Status	In Russia
Location	Russia
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Rushailo was the head of the MVD at the time of the 1999 bombings. He's the guy who proudly reported that the police had foiled the Ryazan bombing. He was a close ally of Berezovsky. He previously headed the Moscow Regional Administration for Organized Crime (RUOP) - this was a police unit intended to fight organised crime but was in fact in cahoots. Rushailo had a reputation for a ruthless application of violence. John Dunlop's colleague Robert Otto suggests the Moscow (not Ryazan) bombings were arranged by Rushailo and his gang connections from RUOP days. - Ruop had strong Karachay gangster links - Berezovsky was elected Duma deputy for Karachay Cherkessia - Nikita Chekulin (manager of hexogen explosives demo who fled to London then recanted) said that Rushailo's group was under investigation for stealing Hexogen. - Apparently... in 2005 Alexander Litvinenko gave an un-named US academic an account of the 1999 bombings with no mention of FSB involvement but says the idea came from Stanislav Belkovsky, a political dark arts PR guy, who was close to both Berezovsky and Abramovich in 98/99.

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