Shans Report: Volunteers of Russia
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This 2002 article from the Khakassia newspaper 'Shans' reports on sensational claims published by 'Versiya' regarding FSB foreknowledge of the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings. It details an August 21, 1999, letter from a group called 'Volunteers of Russia' sent to the General Prosecutor’s Office demanding the release of Natalya Viktorovna Zander, threatening weekly bombings starting September 1. The document describes a man named 'Vladimir' who visited a newspaper office on September 8, 1999, to warn of a building explosion occurring that night, which aligns with the Guryanova Street bombing. The author suggests the FSB ignored these specific leads in favor of a 'Chechen trail' or was potentially involved in the bombings themselves, as alleged by Western critics. The text explicitly links these warnings to the subsequent explosions on Guryanova Street and in Pechatniki.
Events
- 1999-09-09 - Konstantin Borovoy, member of Duma, warned by GRU that bombings were to take place in Moscow. Passe
- 1999-09-13 - Newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets writes that special services likely behind the explosives