Many Russians accused Boris Berezovsky of organizing the assassination attempts.
He boasted that he orchestrated Vladimir Putin's rise to power.
He was also accused of ensuring that the first television channel incited racial hatred against Chechens.
According to Chechen President Maskhadov, the leaders of the radical Islamic war, his opponents received support from Boris Berezovsky in various ways, including indirectly through hostage-taking and financing their invasion of Dagestan, which was another prelude to the war.
These accusations were added on Tuesday by the Russian Prosecutor's Office to those that motivated the search warrant already issued by Russia against the ex-magnate, who now declares himself to be in a "fight to the death" with Vladimir Putin.
Political Commentary
The text questions whether the Russian president congratulates himself on such an enemy, compromising for the defeated opposition democrats who accept his help, suddenly generous.
It suggests that perhaps this is why Moscow does not bother Interpol regarding Boris Berezovsky, contrary to what was stated.
The text notes that Vladimir Putin seeks more than anything else the oblivion of the way he came to power, yet he cannot prescribe silence to foreign mass media.
Statements on the Ryazan Case
Jean-Charles Deniau clarified for "Le Monde": "It may be true that our film does not lead to revelations, but there is no need for that; it is enough to put together the pieces of the mosaic of the Ryazan case, it speaks for itself."
He added that after receiving death threats in the city where the FSB arrested them, and knowing what the Russians who helped them were subjected to, "things I have never seen in fifteen years of reporting in Russia, my conviction about the role of the Kremlin is formed."
Calls for Investigation
Deputy Yuri Rybakov emphasized: "There is more material than necessary to start an investigation," calling on the "European Parliament to take an interest in this avalanche of deaths that comes from us and that could flood it."
Yeltsin's special services are accused of the 1999 assassination attempts.
Boris Berezovsky calls himself "at war to the death" with Vladimir Putin.