FSB Assertions

The FSB's assertions—that I am the organizer of the Moscow bombings, that I am connected with Basaev and Khattab, that they paid me $500,000 for these bombings, and that I underwent training in a camp in Urus-Martan—are an absolute lie.

I have never had anything to do with the FSB or other similar structures.

Business Opportunity in Moscow

As I wrote earlier, I lived and worked in Moscow. In June 1999, a man came to my company whom I had known very well since my school days.

• He suggested that we go into business together; he said he had good opportunities for selling food products.
• First, he ordered mineral water from me; I brought it to him, he sold it, and settled the payment with me on time.
• Then he told me that he needed premises in the south-east of Moscow, where he supposedly had sales points.