The Accusation Against Gochiyayev

The accusation against Gochiyayev is built on the fact that he allegedly rented basements in the houses where explosive devices were installed.

Political Stakes

• The political stakes in the trial regarding the Moscow bombings are extremely high.
• If both defendants are found guilty and the judicial proceeding itself is objective, then the theory of Chechen guilt will be proven, and the version of FSB involvement will be debunked.

New Evidence

• New evidence discovered by Trepashkin indicates that behind the Chechens, who were later accused of organizing the bombings, stood FSB agents.
• After Trepashkin's arrest, the newspaper "Moskovskie Novosti" published part of this evidence, as the newspaper's reporter Igor Korolkov managed to talk with him.
• Trepashkin told Korolkov the name of the landlord of the basement in the house where Morozova lived: Mark Blumenfeld.

• Trepashkin reported that Blumenfeld identified a different person as the basement tenant than the one considered the main suspect.

• After Trepashkin's arrest, Korolkov contacted Blumenfeld.

• The basement owner told the journalist on tape that the composite sketch of the criminal, compiled by law enforcement agencies from his words, does not feature Achemez Gochiyayev.

• The first composite sketch subsequently disappeared from the case, and, according to Blumenfeld, FSB officers forced him to identify Gochiyayev, whom he had never seen before, from a photograph.

• The newspaper "Moskovskie Novosti" states that Trepashkin identified the person whom he himself and a number of other witnesses saw in the first composite sketch.

• He turned out to be one Vladimir Mikhailovich Romanovich, a secret FSB agent who specialized in infiltrating Chechen groups and who died in Cyprus a few months after the bombings after being hit by a car.
• Trepashkin had encountered Romanovich six years ago when he still worked for the FSB.
• According to Trepashkin, in 1996 Romanovich was arrested in