ATTACK OF THE RF SPECIAL SERVICES ON RUSGLOBUS, PROVOCATIONS BY OLEG SULTANOV REGARDING THE MYTHICAL INFILTRATION INTO THE "BEREZOVSKY GROUP"

Statement by the Administration of RUSGLOBUS – MR

Dear visitors of the RUSGLOBUS – MIR RUSLYAN server! Ruslyane, numerous friends of RG-MR!

For about a month now, a full-scale provocation has been ongoing against the Association and the RUSGLOBUS – MIR RUSLYAN (RG-MR) server and personally against Evgeny Limanov – the head of the RG-MR Administration. Here are its main stages.

• At the end of summer, in the person of Oleg Sultanov in France, an action was carried out to infiltrate the internal structure of RUSGLOBUS and an unsuccessful attempt was made to blackmail E. Limanov.
• This was followed by a virus attack on the network and the server www.rusglobus.net (which continues to this day).
• About a week ago, false statements against us appeared on the forum of the "Moskovskie Novosti" website, referring to which some "well-wishers" with special-service habits tried to enter into direct contact with us for provocative purposes.
• On December 4, 2002, a contract article was published in "Moskovsky Komsomolets" signed by the notorious A. Khinshtein titled "Mole under the baoBAB" in the "Sensation" column.
  (We emphasize that no one from MK contacted us either before or after the publication and did not request a reaction / comments.)
• On the same day, both colleagues – O. Sultanov and A. Khinshtein – continued their exercises against RG and E. Limanov in Mr. A. Khinshtein's "author's program" on the TVS television channel (and presumably on TNT).
• Simultaneously, for several days now, a powerful hacker attack has been ongoing (it is already reliably known that it is from Russia) not only on the RG server and email addresses, but also on all computers of the internal network of the RG office, including Evgeny Limanov's (which greatly complicates the proper updating of the RG server and the implementation of our external contacts).
• On December 5, 2002, a press conference was held in Moscow by the same gentlemen on the same topic.
• Late yesterday evening, unknown (for now) people broke into E. Limanov's house, as a result of which some documents, electronic media, and valuables disappeared (Mr. O. Sultanov and his wife were the only ones (besides the closest family members of E. Limanov) who had access to the keys to the entire house).

It is obvious that this entire complex of special measures cannot be carried out by one person or a small group of "enthusiasts."

There are many reasons to believe that Messrs. O. Sultanov and A. Khinshtein, as well as the clans of the RF special services and their "business partners" standing behind them and known to us, will not stop there, as the main goal at which this entire contract stream of lies is directed has already been publicly stated: to demonstrate the "successful infiltration" of Messrs. Sultanov and Khinshtein into B. Berezovsky's organization. It is obvious that this is being done not only to create a bloated sensation for the general public, but also to justify their existence to their clients. In reality, the organizers of this widely advertised "operation" simply missed the mark and wasted the client's resources for nothing. So A. Khinshtein's claims that Sultanov deserves an "award" have no basis.

It should be noted that the start date of the public provocation (instantly picked up by all known "kompromat" media in the Runet) coincided with the release of A. Zakaev in Denmark. After all, it is known that the Foundation for Civil Liberties (FCL), USA, headed by A. Goldfarb, announced the provision of legal aid to A. Zakaev, and on the day of his release in Denmark, no other attacks on the "Berezovsky group," except for the aforementioned article, had yet been carried out. Apparently, the operation against RUSGLOBUS is a clumsy attempt at some kind of "asymmetric response" to the "Berezovsky group."

Thus, to our great regret, RUSGLOBUS and personally Mr. Evgeny Limanov found themselves dragged into a political campaign by the Russian authorities against the "Berezovsky group." In the publications carried out against us, grains of facts are heavily mixed with malicious and blatant lies. Now we are forced to tell about the circumstances of the relationship with Mr. O. Sultanov.

The facts are as follows.

1. Boris Berezovsky and his structures are in no way owners or co-owners of RUSGLOBUS, therefore they cannot in any way influence the position and publications of RUSGLOBUS or its authors. The connection of RUSGLOBUS with Boris Berezovsky and his socio-political activities...