Litvinenko FSB Scotland Yard Dispute
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This document reports on a 2002 legal and diplomatic friction involving Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian FSB, and Scotland Yard regarding the 1999 apartment bombings. Following Litvinenko's claim of contact with Achimez Gochiyayev, the primary suspect in the Moscow and Volgodonsk bombings, the FSB requested that British authorities interrogate Litvinenko to locate the fugitive. Litvinenko refused to testify to Scotland Yard, citing his status as a political asylee and his refusal to deal with security structures analogous to the FSB. The document notes that while Litvinenko authored 'FSB Blows Up Russia' with Yuri Felshtinsky, he admitted that Felshtinsky was the one who actually established contact with Gochiyayev. The report highlights an upcoming July 25 meeting of the public commission investigating the bombings, where Litvinenko promised to reveal important information, suggesting the FSB's request was a move to compromise his credibility beforehand.