ALEX GOLDFARB. Book Presentation and Conversation with the Biologist and Human Rights Activist Tickets in New York
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Oct. 21, 2026 7:00 PM
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21 октября в гостях у “Белого Кролика” легендарный гость — Алекс Гольдфарб — ученый-биолог, совмещавший долгую научную карьеру с политической и правозащитной деятельностью. Его новая книга «БЫЛЬ — об отце, сыне, шпионах, диссидентах и тайнах биологического оружия» одновременно вышла на русском и английском языках.
Это рассказ о том, как, оказавшись в Нью-Йорке в начале 1980-х, Алекс добивался освобождения из СССР своего отца, известного «отказника» и тоже биолога, — и оказался втянутым в «последнюю шпионскую интригу холодной войны», когда ЦРУ и КГБ сошлись в противостоянии вокруг секретной советской биологической программы. В 1986 году старший Гольдфарб покинул СССР в результате шпионского обмена, связанного с саммитом Горбачева и Рейгана в Рейкьявике.
Четверть века спустя бывший офицер КГБ, который когда-то вел дело его отца, раскрыл Алексу оперативные подробности этой истории: доносы, слежку, имена осведомителей из числа друзей и знакомых.
Выпускник МГУ, Алекс работал в Курчатовском институте в Москве, затем в Вейцмановском институте в Израиле и Колумбийском университете в Нью-Йорке. Сейчас он на пенсии.
В 1970-е годы в Москве Алекс принадлежал к ближнему кругу Андрея Сахарова. В 1990-х руководил проектами Джорджа Сороса в России. В 2000-х был участником лондонского круга противников Путина вместе с Борисом Березовским, Ахмедом Закаевым и Александром Литвиненко.
Гольдфарб помог Литвиненко бежать из России и опубликовать его книгу «Лубянская преступная группировка». Он был рядом с Литвиненко в последние дни его жизни. Позже вместе с Мариной Литвиненко он написал книгу «Смерть диссидента: отравление Александра Литвиненко и возвращение КГБ».
Не пропустите эту встречу — это редкая возможность лично услышать Алекса Гольдфарба, не просто свидетеля, а непосредственного участника событий, которые уже стали историей. Такие встречи случаются нечасто: историю можно будет услышать из первых уст, задать вопросы и поговорить с человеком, который находился в самом центре происходящего.
Встреча пройдет на английском или русском языках, в зависимости от собравшейся аудитории.
Стоимость участия $20. Не забывайте, у нас очень небольшой зал, количество мест в нем ограничено. Приобретайте билеты заранее, чтобы точно попасть.
On October 21, White Rabbit’s Books welcomes a truly legendary guest — Alex Goldfarb, a biologist who combined a long scientific career with political and human rights activism.
His new book, Refusenik’s Son: A Story of Spies, Bioweapons, and Cold War Survival, has been published simultaneously in Russian and English.
It tells the story of how, after arriving in New York in the early 1980s, Alex fought to secure the release of his father from the Soviet Union. His father, also a biologist, was a prominent refusenik. In the process, Alex found himself drawn into what he calls “the last spy intrigue of the Cold War,” as the CIA and KGB faced off over a secret Soviet biological weapons program. In 1986, the elder Goldfarb was finally allowed to leave the USSR as part of a spy exchange connected to the Reagan–Gorbachev summit in Reykjavík.
A quarter of a century later, the former KGB officer who had once handled his father’s case revealed its operational details to Alex: denunciations, surveillance, and the identities of informants among friends and acquaintances.
A graduate of Moscow State University, Alex worked at the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow, then at the Weizmann Institute in Israel and Columbia University in New York. He is now retired.
In Moscow in the 1970s, Alex was part of Andrei Sakharov’s inner circle. In the 1990s, he ran George Soros–funded projects in Russia. In the 2000s, he became part of a London-based circle of Putin opponents that included Boris Berezovsky, Akhmed Zakayev, and Alexander Litvinenko.
Goldfarb helped Litvinenko flee Russia and publish his book Lubyanka Criminal Group. He was at Litvinenko’s side during the final days of his life. Later, together with Marina Litvinenko, he wrote Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB.
Don’t miss this event — it is a rare opportunity to hear Alex Goldfarb in person, not simply as a witness but as a direct participant in events that have already become history. Opportunities like this do not come along often: you’ll be able to hear history firsthand, ask questions, and speak with someone who found himself at the very center of it.
The event will be held in English or Russian, depending on the audience.
Admission: $20.
And a reminder: our space is very small and seating is limited. Please purchase your tickets in advance to make sure you get a seat.
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