🕳️ Released Phantom Node 37: Alexander Bortnikov. The Shadow Budget of the FSB
- Foundation date
04 August 2025
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 37: Alexander Bortnikov. The Shadow Budget of the FSB
When the structure itself is a crime
Who is he?
Head of the FSB of the Russian Federation since 2008. Successor to Patrushev, architect of the police state and one of the key implementers of the system of fear.
His agency controls shadow flows, the repressive vertical, espionage, poisonings, kompromat, and torture.
Type of node:
Security and intelligence structure
Status:
Above the law, at the regime’s core
Means of retention:
Fear, blackmail, control of information
Phantom image:
The invisible curator of the dark markets. The one who always watches.
Instead of the phantom:
Case archives, surveillance systems, elite silence
Essence of the node:
What held it together?
Personal loyalty to Putin.
Monopoly on kompromat and control of security levers.
Shadow economy controlled by the FSB.
How did he become a phantom?
Lost his human face, became synonymous with the structure.
Turned into a shadow institution operating through fear and control.
Why does the phantom still exist?
The FSB remains a central pillar of the regime.
The system of loyalty, fear, and benefits remains intact.
No one opened the archives.
Phantom status:
Active. Invisible. Omnipresent.
After the regime:
Expose the system.
Open the archives.
Rebuild the judiciary and security verticals.
International investigation into crimes.
Collective response:
No one asked whether we agreed.
Everyone was forced to adapt.
But we know and we remember.
Key principle:
A phantom of a faceless system doesn’t disappear on its own.
It must be exposed, described, and dismantled.
Alt-text:
A graphite portrait of Alexander Bortnikov on aged paper.
The composition features the silhouette of a security figure dissolving into layers of shadow information.
The background includes case files, espionage symbols, surveillance diagrams, maps of arrests and torture.
Elements include wiretaps, poisoning markers, a drone, police baton, an empty office, and a dollar sign as a nod to the currency of “protection payments.”
The image is distorted — as if viewed through a surveillance monitor or glitching signal.
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Anna Pivtorak Kostyuk
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04.08.2025
