COMMENTS

JULY 26, 2002 FRIDAY No. 136 (3004)

Litvinenko loves fairy tales...
press conference
Grigory Dubovitsky

YESTERDAY, a press conference of the public group for the investigation of terrorist acts committed in the capital in September 1999 was held in one of Moscow's prestigious hotels. During it, former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko and lawyer Yuri Felshtinsky, who are currently in London, spoke to journalists via an "Internet bridge." They presented independent expertise in London showed that this photograph is a fake and is most likely a photomontage.

As lawyer Yuri Felshtinsky added, there are several other facts that point to Gochiyayev's innocence. It is noteworthy that all these "facts" are taken from a letter by Gochiyayev himself. In particular, according to Felshtinsky, he personally warned the police by phone about the planned explosion in the house on Borisovskie Prudy. In addition, Gochiyayev did indeed rent basement premises where subse...

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