Litvinenko Gochiyayev Izvestia Report

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This 2002 article from Izvestia reports on a telephone interview with former FSB Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Litvinenko during his travel from Barcelona to London. Litvinenko claims to have obtained direct information regarding the September 1999 apartment bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk from Achimez Gochiyayev, a prime suspect in the attacks. The report notes Litvinenko's previous history with Boris Berezovsky and his 1999 allegations regarding an FSB plot to assassinate the oligarch. Duma deputy Sergei Yushenkov, representing the Public Commission for the Investigation of the Bombings, expresses skepticism toward the FSB-involvement theory while awaiting Litvinenko's full disclosure scheduled for July 25th. The FSB dismisses Litvinenko's claims, characterizing him as mentally unstable and a 'paranoiac' who obsessively recorded colleagues.

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  • 1999-09-08 - Novaya Gazeta receives phone call warning of bombings