cases in one way or another." Yulia Latynina criticized Kuznetsov for defending criminals. She also stated that his former client, scientist Igor Sutyagin, could have passed information to a front company of a spy agency without knowing the final recipient. Kuznetsov replied that Sutyagin had not passed secrets and that Latynina had denigrated those who opposed abuses by the Russian secret service FSB. Books Kuznetsov has published a book about the sinking of the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk, alleging that the Russian authorities covered up the facts of the disaster, and is the author of six other books. References Sources Kuznetsov in American Russian Law Institute directory Russia: Prominent Lawyer Flees Country, Fearing Prosecution, by RFE/RL US lawyers hired as spin doctors for Russian mob How Inkobank duped American investors, Russia Bulletin Manana Aslamazyan case, publication by the Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union 1944 births Living people Russian lawyers Human rights abuses in Russia Russian political activists