Anatoly Mylnikov Investigation Summary

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This document packet concerns the case of Anatoly Viktorovich Mylnikov and his potential foreknowledge of the 1999 apartment bombings. According to an official MVD response, Mylnikov contacted the Prosecutor General's Office on August 21, 1999, and the MVD on August 31, 1999, warning of possible explosions in Moscow. These warnings predated the major bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk, but were reportedly not acted upon effectively by the UFSB for Moscow. The documents also include testimony from Sergei Sokolov of 'Novaya Gazeta' regarding threatening letters from a group calling itself 'Volunteers of Russia,' demanding the release of Natalya Zander. Notably, Mylnikov claims in a 2002 statement that he may have written these handwritten appeals while under interrogation by FSB officers in September 1999, suggesting potential fabrication or coercion by the security services in the investigative process handled by the Kovalev Commission.

Events
  • 1999-09-08 - Novaya Gazeta receives phone call warning of bombings
  • 1999-09-10 - Putin flies to New Zealand for APEC Summit