My name is Boris Karpichkov. I think I might have a ‘lovely Christmas/New Year’ story, which I would like to bring to anyone’s attention and which I would like make public. As a matter of fact, I am a former senior operative officer (holding the rank of a Major) of the soviet KGB and, subsequently, the Russian Federal Security Service, FSB, previously serving in the top-secret unit, called VKR [i.e., External Counterintelligence – active counter-espionage operations planned and carried out abroad, or another name of the same ‘the very specific section’ was Directorate of Counterintelligence Operations abroad/Intelligence Directorate, which subsequently was reorganised into the currently existing apparatus of DKR – Department for Counterintelligence Operations, the structure that became responsible for planning, organizing and ‘performing’ the ‘whole spectrum’ of clandestine ‘activities’ of the Russian FSB worldwide, including intelligence-gathering and other ‘active’ counterintelligence operations carried out abroad. I have been living in the UK for nearly a decade, as well as had to stay in New Zealand, almost during 15 months, between June 2006 and October 2007.
I have serious reasons to believe that I had been poisoned, while in New Zealand, at some point in the previous few months, by, I suspect, my former ‘colleagues’. My case is, therefore, akin to the Litvinenko matter – and, as a result, I am now slowly passing away, as some bastards from the FSB already promised to me it would happen inevitably. I know, my case is not so noisy and of ‘great importance’ to the British public as Litvinenko’s case was, as I am not such ‘a VIP’ as he was. I also do not have such powerful ‘patrons’ like Boris Berezovsky, Vanessa Redgrave, or Lord Goldsmith who can speak up and, thus, bring anyone interest. Therefore, I assume, that my case will be quietly buried under a ‘blanket’ and written off as an ‘insignificant event’, which does not bother anyone in this ‘democratic’ country, where the local authorities prefer to hide things, which are politically uncomfortable and embarrassing to them. And when two-faced British mass media is making cynical lies in one case and, in the meantime, can turn a blind eye to anything that portrays them in bad light. From this point of view, how can one continue to claim that there is no policy of ‘double standards’ in the United Kingdom?
One can also mention here as being relevant some pretty ‘specific announcements’, which contained death threats and warnings regarding my ‘well-promising perspectives to depart to another world’ before my time, publicly passed onto me via Internet sources, I guess, by my ex-‘comrades’ from the Russian FSB, in the previous months. Thus, as two anonymous ‘admirers’ specifically emphasized in their ‘communications’ addressed to me, I am “…quietly dying in London …”, and that, “…anyway he is critically unwell…” In the latter instance, there is another ‘a very interesting question’ arose – how did such ‘a miracle’ could happen that some Russian individuals who were openly threatening me via Internet managed to find out the details of the nature of my ‘mysterious disease’? As well as became familiar to the fact that I became severe ‘ill’? As I did not tell anyone, including any person in Latvia, Russia, New Zealand, or in Great Britain, that I started to have some health problems, since specific period of time.
I have to add that the above intimidations started to arrive ‘coincidently’ shortly after I was attacked on the street of the city of Auckland, NZ, by some stranger who posed like ‘an ordinary beggar’ and who threw a dust-like substance into my face. I did not recall any unusual smells during this assault or any dust particles on my clothing but, several months later, I noticed a miniature hole in my jacket, which may have occurred during this strike. It looked like an inlet made by a very small bullet fired from the device of unknown construction. I have in my possession documentary evidence, which confirms that everything I am stating is accurate. Actually, some pieces of this story have been briefly reported by the Sunday Investigation Program of the New Zealand TV Channel One, headlined “Spy alert” of 14th October 2007, but obviously still remain unknown in the United Kingdom.
Furthermore, as a matter of fact, the only diagnosis, which left after the multiple consultations and tests were carried out by the local medics, both in NZ and Britain, and which could possibly trigger the still progressing ‘inexplicable ailment’, was one of poisoning. I have to add that they allegedly examined me for numerous weird diseases (such as different forms of hidden cancer, tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, ulcer, heart and other internal organs failure, stroke, thrombosis, different kinds of odd infections, etc., etc.), but ‘managed’ find nothing. I have to stress that, alongside with other strange ‘symptoms’, which accompanied this still uncovered ‘disease’, I lost nearly 30 kilograms of my body-weight and had a massive hair loss, without any reasons, within two – two and a half period of time. After I went through the medical routine available to me it has, eventually, been ‘established’ that the ‘diagnosis’ of my bizarre ‘illness’ remains “uncertain”. It is precisely that word which was written in the ‘discharge summary’ made by the medical specialists alongside with the referral to the toxicological unit. In other words, doctors were unable to reach any conclusion at all.
Subsequently, they also conducted a detailed ‘assessment’ of my psychological state and concurred that I am mentally stable, not obsessed by any form of delusion as well as not suffering from paranoia. Basically, doctors already almost gave up, as they pathetically told me in the hospital, that I was almost “…the most investigated person in the whole Britain...” Thus, now after naturally wasting months and months of my life I was, eventually, ‘offered’ to undergo ‘examination’ in the special ‘poisoning unit’. Unfortunately, as I can see myself, it is already too late as nothing effective has, actually, been done before finding out what is wrong with me, during the first 5-6 months, which passed by since the first attempt on my life had taken place. Again, I have in my possession all the documentary evidence about all the described above events.
Furthermore, the British and security services of other countries are also implicated into this case, alongside with the bastards from the Russian security services. For instance, the above story shown during the NZ TV Channel One program, Sunday, headlined “Spy alert” (14/10/2007), particularly portrayed specific circumstances of my mystifying ‘ailment’, which suddenly occurred as a result of still unknown ‘action’. Moreover, the same narrative described how such things happened that I succeeded to leave Britain’s soil unspotted, using a forged passport, and then undetected managed to seep through eight state borders of six countries (including such ‘tough’ and ‘well-guarded’ borders like British, Australian and New Zealand ones), as well as portrayed some details how a certain MI5 field operative officer openly encouraged and, in fact, provoked me to use fake ID while he cynically ‘advised’ use it to get out of England. Further story broadcasted by the NZ TV One Channel also showed facts how NZ security services not only spied and persecuted me for nothing, but also blackmailed, intimidated and harassed me. Unsurprisingly, neither Police, nor any other officials (including political impotents sitting at the New Zealand Refugee Status Appeals Authority – such as Mr Roger Haines QC and Mr Bruce Burson, an Auckland-based RSAA judge who, in the previous years, used to be my immigration solicitor in the United Kingdom, and who talked with me many times about ‘how good and effective’, supposedly, is the immigration ‘system’ in ‘Kiwi country’. “…In the case if you were in New Zealand, I am absolutely sure the officials would consider your application for asylum very quickly as you have a genuine and bona-fide case and, therefore, you deserve and, undoubtedly, would be given real state protection and refuge there…”, - exactly in such a manner, with ‘sweet promising predictions’, this immigration ‘genius’ strongly suggested me, in the previous years) did anything at all to investigate an assault, which took place, even despite that the authorities have been offered to track down one of the attacker’s car registration number plates. Actually, law-enforcement organs and other ‘punishment’ agencies showed no ‘enthusiasm’ to examine anything and preferred to ‘play down’ and conceal everything regarding this assault and to hide identities of those who were behind and carried out this raid. Subsequently, as a result of the above ‘events’, as it appeared, ‘purely for some’ political motives and other rather understandable ‘human’ reasons, officials in Great Britain also extremely reluctantly accept anything and currently try to cover up and bury everything that still continue to occur with me.
Furthermore, the local medics are unable to find the cause of severe and still ongoing deterioration of my health condition and, in fact, I am currently denied any kind of medical help or treatment in the United Kingdom. As a matter of fact, my life now became a real living hell, or some sort of sophisticated physical torture, which I have to undergo every single day and night in ‘a very human’ Britain! As a matter of fact, I am deprived of any elementary assistance such as effective painkillers (previously, because of insufferable pain level, they were naturally ‘pumping’ into me such ‘healing substance’ like morphine, which by the way, did not bring any significant relief) and, as a result, I have to stay over these ‘sweet’ and ‘well-promising’ Christmas/New Year ‘holidays’ struggling with strong pan on my own. So, basically, the only ‘medical help’, which previously I received were morphine-based painkillers and nothing more, but now I have left nothing at all. Sometimes the pain is so nasty that I am even unable to sleep during night and started to think how to finish all these sufferings.
In the meantime, in my personal opinion, there is another embarrassing aspect to this story, which portrays the British security services in far from favorable light. As a matter of fact, it was exactly one of the prominent British TV-reporters namely, Tim Marshall, the Foreign News Editor, who actually openly and cynically blackmailed me, in the beginning of October 2007, by ‘making’ me ‘offer’ I ‘couldn’t refuse’. Being in dead-end position and desperately trying to find any assistance regarding the causes of my ‘mysterious illness’, I approached Mr Marshall and asked for his help with making contacts with the doctors in the hospital where Litvinenko was treated. By using my sufferings and vulnerable situation, Mr Marshall ‘offered’ me ‘participation’ of some ‘good friends’ working in MI5, MI6, or among ‘powerful politicians’ in exchange for getting out of me ‘all the information’ I might have in my possession. “…You must have something valuable, I am sure you do. Only MI5, or MI6 can put you in ‘fast-track treatment’ and can communicate and put you in the right hospital, where they would give you an appropriate antidote. Even if you attempted to approach the Police, they would send you back to MI5, as it is their prime responsibility now. Of course, you can try turn yourself to the hospital, but how would they treat you there? As an insane person, I think, as everything you are saying sounds incredible, and I would not believe you if I did not know you previously…”, - were the exact words of Mr Marshall. I am not going to hide that I was extremely insulted and shocked after I suggested to him that we assume that I have nothing left, Mr Marshall replied to me pretty cynically, “…In this case they would not help you, and you would wait in the ordinary queue as long as it would take. Maybe, they would ‘forget’ to give you any help and you would not get any assistance at all, and would die alone…”, - were blackmailing-sounding ‘friendly suggestions’ of Mr Marshall. As I could realize it later, seemingly, Mr Marshall was talking as ‘a prophet clairvoyant’, as everything what has happened with me a little bit later, was exactly as Mr Marshall predicted ‘in advance’ what would happen. Actually, my health conditions have not improved since and have, gradually, became worse.
I would like to offer my story, as despite everything stated above I, nevertheless, still believe that such notions like humanity and treatment with respect and dignity should apply to any human being, especially in such ‘civilized’ country as England. Actually, I was amazed by the ‘way’ as I was treated in Britain, as before all these ‘health problems’ started to occur with me, I could not even imagine that this country continues to use physical torture. As it turned out, it still does. This is exactly how certain British bodies (including even doctors) ‘healed’ me. Anyway, I did not kill or tortured anyone during my previous service, but they already made specific efforts to ‘take me out of circulation’, and to torture me. Or, maybe, I am wrong, and such notions like treating ‘some’ people with respect and dignity and without any prejudice do not apply to such persons as myself, in Great Britain in particular?!? In the latter instance, the only rhetorical question, which I am very keen to ask the British public – on the basis of all the indicated above facts, how can one possibly declare that the British society is human and merciful if you are treating people like myself in a degrading manner and are, in fact, yourself becoming accomplices of painful, slowly and in cold blood executed silent murder?!? And how, after all, can one continue to make pompous declarations about ‘total openness’, tolerance and humanity of the British people?!? In my personal view, all describe in the lines above is disgusting and extremely cynical! Does it matter that in my case such notions like 'human rights', 'civil liberties' and other similar 'crap' exist only in 'specifically restricted reservations' in a very 'human' Great Britain and New Zealand?!?