Findings

• Viktor Baranets, retired army colonel and journalist. Reviewed
• Investigate the link between Boris Berezovsky's Duma campaign and the destabilization of Karachaevo-Cherkesiya.
• Transfer of Tsumadinskii border control in June 1999. Reviewed
• Vladikavkaz apartment house bombings on June 17, 1999. Dismissed
• Withdrawal of troops from Botlikh in July 1999. Dismissed
• Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Commander of the MVD internal troops. Dismissed
• Official claims of an aggressive military response to the Basaev-Khattab incursion are contradicted by reports of orders to 'hold fire'.
• The source provides evidentiary support for the unsolved questions mentioned in Valentin Gefter's 10th-anniversary article.
• Stanislav Derev, mayor of Cherkessk and political rival to Vladimir Semenov. Dismissed
• Major General Magomed Omarov, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan. Reviewed
• Vladimir Putin was narrowly confirmed as Prime Minister by the State Duma on August 16, 1999. Dismissed
• Three apartment houses were bombed in Vladikavkaz on June 17, 1999. Dismissed
• Investigation into reports that Russian forces were ordered not to attack Shamil Basaev's retreating column.
• Russian troops were systematically withdrawn from the Dagestan-Chechen border and Botlikh district prior to the August invasion. Reviewed
• Officials confirm the August 1999 Dagestan incursion was anticipated and reported to Moscow months in advance.
• Verification of French intelligence transcripts of the Voloshin-Basaev meeting.
• July 1999 timeline of conspiracy aligns with Berezovsky’s visit to Putin.
• Secret meeting at Adnan Khashoggi's villa in Beaulieu, France. Reviewed
• Isa Umarov, brother of Movladi Udugov and suspected FSB agent. Reviewed
• Anton Surikov, a retired GRU officer and consultant. Dismissed
• Movladi Udugov, Chechen Islamist ideologue and politician. Reviewed
• Aslan Maskhadov, moderate separatist leader of Chechnya. Reviewed
• Verify Arbi Baraev's alleged ties to the Russian MVD and FSB.
• Investigate the alleged FAPSI investigation into leaked surveillance tapes.
• Conflicting accounts of the 1997 payment to Shamil Basayev.
• The 1996 Khasavyurt Accord is cited as the beginning of the hostage ransoming business.
• Kidnapping of MVD General Gennadii Shpigun in March 1999. Dismissed
• Verify the authenticity of the 'Romanian scenario' threat reported by Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
• Conflicting claims regarding the authorship of the 'Putin Project'.
• Publication of an incendiary report on Chechen 'genocide' in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Dismissed
• Source corroborates Moskovskaya Pravda's role in publishing Kremlin insider leaks.
• FSB investigation into Elena Baturina's firm, Inteko. Dismissed
• Discrediting of Yurii Skuratov via sex tape broadcast. Dismissed
• Identification of Gleb Pavlovskii, Kremlin political technologist. Reviewed
• Pavel Krasheninnikov, Justice Minister, was pressured by Yeltsin to act against political opponents. Dismissed
• Investigate the role of Sergei Kirienko's mayoral bid in the broader Kremlin strategy.
• A series of explosions and bomb threats targeted Luzhkov's allies in Moscow during 1999. Dismissed
• A high-level meeting on June 1, 1999, discussed revoking the licenses of NTV and TV-Center. Reviewed
• Georgii Boos, a supporter of the Luzhkov-Primakov coalition, was linked to threats against Yeltsin. Dismissed
• Elena Baturina, wife of Yuri Luzhkov and head of Inteko, was targeted by an FSB investigation. Dismissed
• Source confirms the 'Storm in Moscow' media campaign targeting Luzhkov in mid-1999.
• Investigation of claims regarding Berezovsky's influence over ministerial appointments.
• Investigation into the 'Storm in Moscow' (Groza v Moskve) scenario.
• The formation and rapid growth of the Fatherland (Otechestvo) movement in 1999. Dismissed
• Identification of Yurii Mikhailovich Luzhkov as a political rival to Yeltsin. Reviewed
• The source corroborates the timeline of the 1999 Russian leadership changes.
• Verification of the poisoning allegations regarding Yurii Shchekochikhin's death.
• Investigation into the perpetrators of General Shpigun's kidnapping.
• General Gennadii Shpigun, MVD representative kidnapped in Chechnya. Reviewed
• Proposal of the 'Union State Project' or 'Milosevic variant' to delay elections. Reviewed
• Exposure of a draft decree for the imposition of Emergency Rule in May 1999. Dismissed
• Failed impeachment vote against President Boris Yeltsin on May 14, 1999. Dismissed
• High-level meeting in late March 1999 to plan the intervention in Chechnya. Dismissed
• Kidnapping of General Gennadii Shpigun in Groznyi on March 5, 1999. Dismissed
• Putin's rise to power was facilitated by his status as a loyal 'servant' to the Yeltsin Family.
• Investigate the alleged plan for Emergency Rule involving Pavel Maslov in early 1999.
• FSB Director Vladimir Putin liquidated the UEK and UKROSO directorates in April 1999. Reviewed
• Vladimir Putin was appointed Director of the FSB on July 25, 1998. Reviewed
• Investigation into the 'Storm in Moscow' scenario and alleged plans for mass rebellion.
• Vladislav Surkov identified as a participant in early planning for the Unity party. Reviewed
• The 'Unity' (Edinstvo) political party was created in late 1999 as a Berezovsky-led initiative. Dismissed
• Berezovsky claims lack of contact with Yeltsin after July 1998 despite ongoing high-level political influence.
• Roman Abramovich's role as the 'treasurer' and ideologue of the Yeltsin Family identified.
• Aleksandr Voloshin's 1998 Kremlin appointment and business links to Berezovsky confirmed.
• Investigation into the alleged recording of the March 19, 1999 phone call between Yeltsin and Bordyuzha.
• The ousting of Prime Minister Evgenii Primakov in May 1999. Dismissed
• Presidential administration reshuffle on March 19, 1999. Dismissed
• Investigate the outcome of the arrests of 58th Army GRU officers in May 1999.
• Giulietto Chiesa, long-serving Moscow bureau chief for La Stampa. Reviewed
• Detailed contents of the 'Storm in Moscow' plan mentioned in Aleksandr Zhilin's article.
• Explosions at a military housing complex in Vladikavkaz on May 16, 1999. Reviewed
• Terrorist bombing of a market in Vladikavkaz on March 19, 1999. Dismissed
• Source provides specific dates and names for the foreign journalist warnings previously recorded.
• Identify the former commander of the MVD troops and the deputy minister of internal affairs of Dagestan.
• Ethnic Avars in Dagestan sided with the Russian government against a 'wahhabi' incursion in early August 1999. Dismissed
• The source corroborates the existence of the 'Storm in Moscow' scenario occurring between May and August 1999.
• Bruce Parrott identified as a Professor and seminar chair at SAIS. Dismissed
• Investigation into the influence of 'political technologists' on the 1999 transition period.
• Donald Jensen identified as a political analyst and discussant on Russian conspiracies. Dismissed
• Reddaway's theory of political technology supports the suspicious nature of the Volgodonsk announcement.
• Incursion into mountain Dagestan in early to mid August 1999. Dismissed
• Identification of Peter Reddaway as a key scholar on Russian conspiratorial politics. Dismissed
• Investigate the lack of 'pacting' between the three major political factions in 1999.
• 1999 Communist-led impeachment effort against President Yeltsin. Dismissed
• 1996 initial decision by Yeltsin to cancel or postpone presidential elections. Dismissed
• 1994 decision to invade Chechnya cited as a symptom of political deficiency. Dismissed
• Yevgeny Primakov identified as a primary political rival to Yeltsin in 1999. Reviewed
• Yuriy Luzhkov identified as a leader of the opposition forces in 1999. Dismissed
• Lead to investigate political maneuvers between March and August 1999.
• Conflict regarding Yeltsin's contemplation of unconstitutional acts.
• Interview with General Anatolii Kulikov in Nezavisimaya gazeta. Dismissed
• Identification of author Michael McFaul. Dismissed
• Identification of author Timothy Colton. Dismissed
• Identification of Primakov as a major political figure. Dismissed
• Identification of Yurii Luzhkov as a political rival to Yeltsin. Dismissed
• Investigate the specifics of the closed meeting held on 23 March 1996 regarding election postponement.
• The source confirms the political fallout from the 1994 Chechen conflict contributed to instability in the mid-1990s.
• Anatolii Chubais is identified as a key moderate advisor who convinced Yeltsin to hold the 1996 elections. Dismissed
• Pavel Grachev is identified as the Defense Minister who backed the opposition to the 1996 election cancellation. Dismissed
• Anatolii Kulikov, serving as Interior Minister, opposed the unconstitutional move to cancel the elections. Dismissed
• In March 1996, Boris Yeltsin prepared decrees to ban the Communist Party, dissolve the Duma, and postpone presidential elections. Dismissed
• Investigation into the influence of US operations in Haiti on Russian policy.
• Issuance of secret Presidential Decree No. 2169c. Dismissed
• Issuance of secret Presidential Decree No. 2137c. Reviewed
• Oleg Lobov identified as Secretary of the Russian Security Council. Dismissed
• Oleg Soskovets identified as a member of the militant 'party of war'. Dismissed
• Chronological error in source regarding a telephone call between Sergei Yushenkov and Oleg Lobov.
• The source confirms the start date of the First Chechen War as December 11, 1994.
• Identify the 'major developments' occurring in March 1999 referenced by the author.
• Yeltsin's March 1996 decision to potentially cancel elections and ban the Communist Party. Dismissed
• Decision to invade Chechnya in late fall 1994. Dismissed
• Dismissal of Sergei Stepashin on August 9, 1999. Dismissed
• Dismissal of Evgenii Primakov on May 12, 1999. Dismissed
• Evgenii Primakov identified as Russian Prime Minister until May 12, 1999. Dismissed
• Investigation into the 'Storm in Moscow' plan's connection to the 1999 apartment bombings.
• 'Storm in Moscow' (Shtorm v Moskve) destabilization plan. Dismissed
• Investigate the specific publication or chapter title associated with this entry by John B. Dunlop.
• John B. Dunlop is confirmed as an author affiliated with the Hoover Institution.
• Follow-up required on the components of the "Storm in Moscow" plan.
• Discovery of the "Storm in Moscow" destabilization plan. Dismissed
• John Dunlop is identified as the author of a work on Russian destabilization.
• Determine if 'Storm In Moscow' refers to a specific work by Dunlop or the 1993 shelling of the White House.
• Source mentions John Dunlop, confirming his role as a historian documenting Moscow political history.

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