Vladimir Alganov
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Vladimir Alganov is a Russian spy. He was Soviet KGB
officer in Warsaw, Poland in the 1980s and Russian SVR
officer in the same city in the 1990s.
In 1996, Poland's Prime Minister Józef Oleksy
resigned because of his links to Alganov.
Alganov was deported from Poland in 1997.
In 2005 Lithuanian authorities told that Alganov had been issued a long-term Lithuanian visa in 2002 and Alganov had met managers of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
.
In 2003, Alganov secretly met Jan Kulczyk
in a restaurant in Vienna, Austria. The conversation was recorded by Polish intelligence officers. According to Antoni Macierewicz
, a member of the investigative board:
Present at the meeting was also Aleksander Żagiel, Alganov's Vienna-based business partner.
Alganov has ties to Peter Vogel
.
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
officer in Warsaw, Poland in the 1980s and Russian SVR
Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is Russia's primary external intelligence agency. The SVR is the successor of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB since December 1991...
officer in the same city in the 1990s.
In 1996, Poland's Prime Minister Józef Oleksy
Józef Oleksy
Józef Oleksy is a post-communist Polish politician, former chairman of Democratic Left Alliance ....
resigned because of his links to Alganov.
Alganov was deported from Poland in 1997.
In 2005 Lithuanian authorities told that Alganov had been issued a long-term Lithuanian visa in 2002 and Alganov had met managers of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant is a closed two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas, Lithuania. It was named after the nearby city of Ignalina...
.
In 2003, Alganov secretly met Jan Kulczyk
Jan Kulczyk
Jan Kulczyk, born June 24, 1950, in Bydgoszcz, is a prominent Polish business oligarch. He is the owner of Kulczyk Holding with headquarters in Warsaw, and an international investment house Kulczyk Investments with headquarters in Luxembourg and offices in London, Kiev and Dubai...
in a restaurant in Vienna, Austria. The conversation was recorded by Polish intelligence officers. According to Antoni Macierewicz
Antoni Macierewicz
Antoni Macierewicz is a Polish Catholic politician, anti-communist activist, member of Sejm, journalist and a former internal affairs minister, former vice-minister of national defence in Jarosław Kaczyński's government, and current parliamentary representative.-Early years and activity during...
, a member of the investigative board:
- Alganov offered Kulczyk $5 million to influence Poland's then-President Aleksander KwaśniewskiAleksander KwasniewskiAleksander Kwaśniewski is a Polish politician who served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule he was active in the Socialist Union of Polish Students and was the Minister for Sport in the communist government in the 1980s...
. - Alganov told that six months ago Russians had paid $1m to Minister of Finance Wiesław Kaczmarek for Russian LukoilLUKoilLukoil/LUKoil ; ) is Russia's second largest oil company and its second largest producer of oil. In 2009, the company produced 97.615 million tons of oil; ....
to win the privatization tender for a refinery in Gdansk.
Present at the meeting was also Aleksander Żagiel, Alganov's Vienna-based business partner.
Alganov has ties to Peter Vogel
Peter Vogel (banker)
Piotr Filipczyński or Peter Vogel is a convicted Polish murderer and later banker in Switzerland.In 1971, he was sentenced to 25 years of jail for a brutal murder . Surprisingly enough, in 1983 he was granted the passport and allowed to leave the country...
.