Mikhail Trepashkin Persecution Case

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This collection of documents, dated March 11, 2004, details the legal and political persecution of lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin, whom the All-Russian Public Movement 'For Human Rights' identifies as a political prisoner. Trepashkin, a former FSB officer, was arrested in October 2003 shortly before he was set to present evidence in court regarding the 1999 apartment bombings on behalf of victims Tatyana and Alena Morozova. The documents allege that Nikolai Patrushev and other high-ranking FSB officials protected criminal groups, blocked the capture of bombing suspect Achemez Gochiyayev, and framed Trepashkin by planting weapons and accusing him of disclosing state secrets. Notable claims include the identification of FSB agent Vladimir Romanovich as the individual in the original bombing composite sketch and the assertion that the 1999 bombings were orchestrated to facilitate Vladimir Putin's rise to power. The text also links the deaths of investigators Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin to their inquiries into the bombings and the Ryazan 'training exercise' incident.

Events
  • 1999-09-09 - Konstantin Borovoy, member of Duma, warned by GRU that bombings were to take place in Moscow. Passe
  • 1999-09-23 - Telephone operator in Ryazan overhears conversation between bombers, number traced to FSB
  • 2003-04-17 - Sergei Yushenkov, chair of Duma Bombings Commission, shot in Moscow
  • 2003-10-22 - MIkhail Trepashkin, victim's lawyer, arrested
  • 2003-10-31 - Trial of bombing suspects Krymshamkhalov and Dekkushev begins