Boris Konstantinovich Ratnikov () is a retired Major-General of the reserves of Russia's Federal Security Service (). He was a key figure in the protection of the President of Russia. He has authored a large number of publications and books on the history of domestic intelligence services. He participated in a documentary film "The Call of the Abyss" () and "Storm of consciousness" (), which aroused wide public interest in Russia.
Life and career
Ratnikov was born June 11, 1944, in the village of Kurovo, Lukhovitsky district, Moscow region. His father was the director of an agricultural enterprise. In 1969, he graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute in the specialty department of management systems of aircraft. After his graduation from the institute, Ratnikov worked as an engineer. In 1984, he graduated from the "Red Flag" school for KGB officers with a degree in higher professional education and knowledge of the Persian language.
In the 1980s, Ratnikov went on a business trip to Afghanistan as an adviser of KHAD, took part in the hostilities, awarded orders and medals. He worked in the 4th Service Directorate of the KGB in Moscow and Moscow region. From 1991 to 1994, he was the first Deputy Chief of the General Directorate of guard Russian Federation. In May 1994, he was appointed chief advisor to the President of the Security Service of Russia. From 1996 to 1997, he served as the chief adviser to the Federal Security Service of Russia.
Ratnikov has researched telepathy, clairvoyance, hypnosis, applied psychology, parapsychology, telekinesis, astrology etc. He claims that the portrayal of parapsychology as a "false" science was created intentionally. Working in state research institutes and private laboratories, he conducted secret experiments for war on extrasensory perception between intelligence services of the CIA and the KGB.
Until 2003, Ratnikov was an adviser to the head of the Moscow Regional Duma. He is now in retirement (Major-General reserves of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation). He is a member of the Committee of Commerce and Industry Chamber of Business Security and the head of the Energy-information laboratory (research in the field of parapsychology) of the Academy of the National Association of bodyguards (abbreviation )
In December 2006, Ratnikov told Rossiyskaya Gazeta that his mind-reading work revealed that Madeleine Albright "was indignant that Russia held the world's largest reserves of natural resources." Some Russian officials have presented his claim as a real statement by Albright.
Publications
- ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àðÃÂýøúþò (Boris Ratnikov), ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àþóþ÷øý Georgy Ragozin, ÃÂ. ÃÂ. äþýðÃÂõò, ëÃÂð óÃÂðýÃÂàÿþ÷ýðýýþóþû, ø÷ô. ëÃÂõÃÂðû (ÃÂÃÂáâ àþÃÂÃÂøø), 2008 ó. (ãÃÂà004âÂÂ027.21 ÃÂÃÂà32.81 P25); ("Abroad the knowledge")
- ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àðÃÂýøúþò (Boris Ratnikov), ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àþóþ÷øý Georgy Ragozin, ÃÂ. ÃÂ. äþýðÃÂõò, ëÃÂð óÃÂðýÃÂàÿþ÷ýðýýþóþû, ø÷ô. ëÃÂúðôõüøàÃÂÿÃÂðòûõýøÃÂû, ÃÂõÃÂøàëÃÂ¥ÃÂþýøúø ÃÂõðûÃÂýþóþ üøÃÂðû, ó. ÃÂþÃÂúòð, 2010 ó. ; ("Abroad the knowledge", series "Chronicles of the real world")
- ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àðÃÂýøúþò (Boris Ratnikov), ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àþóþ÷øý Georgy Ragozin, "ÃÂðÃÂÃÂøýð üøÃÂð ò ÿÃÂõôÃÂÃÂðòûõýøø ÃÂÿõÃÂÃÂûÃÂöñ", (Painting the world in the representation of special services)
- ÃÂ. ÃÂ. Edwin C. May, Victor Rubel, Joseph W. McMoneagle, Boris Ratnikov, Georgy Ragozin and Loyd Auerbach, "ESP Wars: East & West" ("ÃÂÃÂø-òþùýÃÂ. ÃÂðÿðô ø ÃÂþÃÂÃÂþú. ÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂøàò ÃÂòøôõÃÂõûÃÂÃÂÃÂòðÃÂ
þÃÂõòøôÃÂõò"), , (Painting the world in the representation of special services)
- ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àðÃÂýøúþò (Boris Ratnikov), "àþôøýõ (ÃÂÃÂøÃÂ
ø)", ÃÂûÃÂüðýðÃÂ
ëÃÂÃÂñÃÂýúðû, No.5, ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. 125-126; (Historical-journalistic Almanac "Lubyanka" - Motherland, poetry)
- ÃÂ. ÃÂ. àðÃÂýøúþò (Boris Ratnikov), "ÃÂÃÂþ àüõÃÂþü ýð àÃÂÃÂø ÿþÃÂòûÃÂõÃÂÃÂÃÂ, þàüõÃÂð öõ õüàÿþóøñðÃÂÃÂ! áþÃÂýøú ÃÂÃÂøÃÂ
þò", ÃÂÃÂøûþöõýøõ ú öÃÂÃÂýðûàëáÿõÃÂýð÷û. No.1, 1996 ó. (Magazine "Special Forces" - "Who will appear in Russia with a sword will die by the sword", centurion of poems)
Documentary films with his participation
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