Trepashkin Interview: Vladimir Romanovich
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This document is a transcript of Andrei Nekrasov's film "Hero of Our Time," centered on an interview with former FSB officer and lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin. Trepashkin alleges that FSB leadership, specifically Nikolai Patrushev and Nikolai Kovalev, protected a figure named Vladimir Romanovich who was involved with Chechen groups as early as 1995. Regarding the 1999 apartment bombings on Guryanova Street and Kashirskoye Highway, Trepashkin claims he identified Romanovich from original witness descriptions, but that the FSB subsequently altered the composite sketches to exclude him. He further asserts that Romanovich died suspiciously in Cyprus shortly after the attacks and that the bombings were likely organized to justify political shifts and human rights violations. The film notes Trepashkin's own arrest in October 2003 on charges of possessing weapons and disclosing state secrets shortly after speaking out.
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- 1999-09-09 - Moscow apartment bombing kills 106 people. Guryanova Street. Just after midnight
- 2003-10-22 - MIkhail Trepashkin, victim's lawyer, arrested