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Gochiyayev also stated that it was he who warned the authorities about two other bombs that were discovered in Moscow several hours after the second explosion. The authorities were never able to explain how they became aware of the exact location of these two explosive devices.

Trepashkin's connection with the murdered deputy

19.

Trepashkin began his investigation at the request of the now deceased Sergei Yushenkov, a State Duma deputy who supported the version of FSB involvement and called for a parliamentary investigation into the "exercises" in Ryazan. In April 2002, Yushenkov traveled to Washington, where he met with representatives of the State Department and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, trying to interest the US in the circumstances of Vladimir Putin's rise to power. During this visit, Yushenkov met with Alena Morozova and recommended that the sisters hire Trepashkin as their lawyer in Moscow.

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After Gochiyayev's letter was published in June 2002, Yushenkov turned to Trepashkin with a request to investigate this case on behalf of the Public Commission for the Investigation of the 1999 Explosions, of which he was the chairman, together with another Duma deputy, Sergei Kovalev. The evidence that Trepashkin planned to make public in court on behalf of the Morozova sisters was obtained precisely as a result of this investigation.

21.

As soon as Trepashkin began working with Yushenkov, the FSB immediately opened a criminal case against him on charges of disclosing secret information. A search was conducted in his apartment, and he himself was interrogated by the military prosecutor's office. At that time, Yushenkov, being a State Duma deputy, officially requested the prosecutor's office to provide him with information on the Trepashkin case, thanks to which, most likely, Trepashkin managed to avoid arrest.

22.

On April 17, 2003, Yushenkov was murdered. On July 3, 2003, another member of the Public Commission for the Investigation