This 2003 article from 'MK-Kavkaz' details allegations by former lawyer Andrei Shakhnazarov regarding a bribery and extortion ring within the Russian Prosecutor General's Office investigative team led by Igor Tkachev. Shakhnazarov claims he acted as a mediator, paying investigators Vasily Turlaev and Alexander Solzhenitsyn to release suspects detained on terrorism charges, including those linked to a Stavropol market bombing. The document alleges that innocent individuals were arrested indiscriminately to facilitate extortion, with Shakhnazarov claiming he paid approximately 16,000 dollars and 100,000 rubles to investigators over six months. While not explicitly naming the 1999 apartment bombings, it describes the corrupt environment of 'Terrorism' article investigations and the alleged torture of detainees like Eduard Kharatokov by the FSB. Shakhnazarov eventually confessed to the FSB in February 2002, but his claims were dismissed, and he was prosecuted for false denunciation, as the law reportedly limits special service interference with the Prosecutor's office.