Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xxi
Abbreviations and Terms xxix
The FSB Foments War in Chechnya 1
The Security Services Run Riot 21
Moscow Detectives Take on the FSB 31
Nikolai Patrushev: A Biographical Note 51
The FSB Fiasco in Ryazan 54
The FSB Resorts to Mass Terror: Buinaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk 100
The FSB Against the People 148
The FSB Sets Up Free-Lance Special Operations Groups 185
The FSB Organizes Contract Killings 196
The Secret Services and Abductions 207
The FSB: Reform or Dissolution? 221
In Place of a Conclusion: The FSB in Power 229
Epilogue 232
Appendices
Statement of the President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, February 11, 2002 241
Testimony of Senior Lieutenant Alexei Galkin, November 18, 1999 244
Abu Movsaev's Discussion with a Group of Foreign Journalists on the Testimony of Senior Lieutenant A. Galkin 248
Transcript of the Hearings of the Public Commission for the Investigation of the Apartment-House Bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk and the Ryazan Training Exercise in September 1999. Teleconference: Moscow-London, June 25, 2002 255
An Open Letter to the Commission for the Investigation of the Apartment-House Bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk by Krymshamkhalov and Batchaev 285
A. Litvinenko, Y. Felshtinsky: Letter to S. Kovalyov about A. Gochiyaev's Statement 288
Written Statement by A. Gochiyaev, April 24, 2002 293
Printout of Interview with A. Gochiyaev, August 20, 2002 296
Written Statement by A. Gochiyaev, February 2005 304
About the Authors 309
Index 311