Вил Мирзаянов - State Secrets - An Insider's Chronicle of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program

Geoffrey York, “Islam in Tatarstan”, Globe and Mail (Canada), May 5, 1998.

Celestine Bohlen, “Regions Wary as Putin Tightens Control”, New York Times , March 9, 2000.

Midkhat Farukshin, The Face and Mask , Kazan, 2005.

Boris Ischboldin, Essays on Tatar History , New Deli: New Book Society of India, Second Ed., 1965.

“Transcript of the Inspection, Moscow”, February 24, 1993, Investigation Department of MB RF, Case 62. Top Secret. See Annex 30.

“TECHNICAL ORDER FOR THE COMPOUND PART OF THE EXPERMIENTAL DESIGN WORK OF “Substance-232” ON THE BASIS OF THE SYSTEM OF COMPONENTS”, Investigation Department of MB RF, Case 62. Top Secret. See Annex 31.

In a mid-January 1996, in an interview with BBC correspondent Mark Urban, Gorbachev insisted that Russia was doing everything according to its arms control agreements with America. He literally said: “I don’t know anything about these works. Maybe military people were cleaning their tails in some way.” Transcript of “Chemical Weapons News Night,” Correspondent Mark Urban ( British Broadcasting Company : London, 16 January 1996).

EXTRACT from “The List of Major Information Constituting State Secrets”, confirmed by resolution N 1121-387 of USSR Counsel of Ministers on December 3, 1980. Top Secret. See Annex 32.

EXTRACT from the “The List of Information to be Qualified as Secret by the USSR Ministry of Petrochemical Industry” confirmed by order N 234-19 of the USSR Ministry of Petrochemical Industry on May 27 1991. Top Secret. See Annex 33.

FINDINGS OF THE EXPERT COMMISSION Moscow March 16, 1993. Top Secret. See Annex 34. The refusal of experts Vadim Smirnitsky and Nikolai Chugunov entirely destroyed this job of Shkarin. Moreover, their conclusions and testimonies didn’t leave any chance for the Findings of the Expert Commission to be used in the final Indictment.

See ref. 86.

“CONCLUSION OF THE EXPERT Nikolai Chugunov”, March 18, 1993 Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 35.

“CONCLUSION OF THE EXPERT Vadim Smirnitsky”, March 17, 1993 Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 38.

“TRANSCRIPT of the interrogation of the expert Nikolai Chugunov”, April 8, 1993 Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 36.

“TRANSCRIPT of the interrogation of the expert Nikolai Chugunov”, April 23, 1993 Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 37.

“TRANSCRIPT of interrogation of the expert Vadim Smirnitsky”, March 22, 1993 Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 39.

Letter of Head of the section at the Department of Investigation, A. A. Shabunin to V. A. Petrunin, Director of the State Russian Science Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology April 22, 1993 6/001580. Top Secret. See Annex 44.

Letter of Deputy Director of GRNIIOKhT N.A. Kuznetsov to A.A. Shabunin, Head of the Section of the Investigation Department at the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation. Top Secret. See Annex 45.

“TRANSCRIPT of interrogation of the expert Anatoly Kochetkov”, March 30, 1993 Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 40.

“TRANSCIRPT of interrogation of the expert Boris Kuznetsov”, April 8, 1993, Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 41.

“TRANSCRIPT of interrogation of the expert Igor Gabov”, April 29, 1993, Moscow. Top Secret. See Annex 42.

See ref. 154.

See ref. 128.

Letter of Head of the Investigation Department MB RF, Major General S.D. Balashov to Colonel General M.P. Kolesnikov, Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, April 22, 1993 N 6/01584. Top Secret. See Annex 46.

Letter of Colonel G. Funygin, Deputy Head of the 8th Department of the General Staff Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Major General S.D. Balashov, Head of the Investigation Department, of the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation, May 12, 1993 N 317/5/0 397 in response to N 6/01584. Top Secret. See Annex 47.

He was one of initiators of my persecution who awkwardly tried to justify it at a press-conference in November 5 1992. See ref. 83.

“RESOLUTION of the Council of Ministers”, Moscow March 30, 1993, N 256-16. Top Secret. See Annex 43.

Pavel Gutiontov, “Let’s Begin with the American to Teach Others”, Moskovski Komsomolets , N 65, April 7 1993; Maksim Gun, “The American Journalist was interrogated in Lefortovo”, Izvestia , April 10, 1993.

Kim Gamel, American Journalist Interrogated in Lefortovo, Moscow Tribune , April 9, 1993.

Justin Burke, “US Reporter Called For Questioning By Russia’s KGB”, Christian Science Monitor , April 9, 1993.

Jon Auerbach, “US reporter refuses to testify in Russia”, Boston Globe , April 8, 1993.

Letter of the Head of Investigation Department Mayor General S.D. Balashov to Colonel General M.P. Kolesnikov, Head of the General Staff Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, 6/01341/April 5, 1993. Secret. See Annex 48.

Letter of Head of the General Staff , Colonel General M. Kolesnikov to Major General S.D. Balashov, Head of the Investigation Department at the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation, April 29, 1993 N 312/10/053. In response to N 6 01341 of April 5, 1993. See Annex 49.

Letter of Head of the Department Major General S.D. Balashov to V.P. Ivanov, Chairman of the RF Committee for Chemical and Petrochemical Industry , 6/01342 April 5, 1993. See Annex 50.

Letter of Chairman V.P. Ivanov to S.D. Balashov, Head of the Investigation Department at the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation. Secret. See Annex 51.

Letter of Head of the Department Major General S.D. Balashov to G.V. Berdennikov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, 6/01343//April 5, 1993. Secret. See Annex 52.

Letter of Deputy Minister of G.V. Berdennikov to S.D. Balashov, Head of Investigation Department at the RF Ministry of Security, May 11, 1993 N 61/drk. Secret. See Annex 53.

Transcript of interrogation of accused V.S. Mirzayanov, May 13 1993, Investigation Department of Ministry of Security of RF, Case 62, v. 1, p. 223-224. Top Secret.

Valeri Rudnev, “The Secrets of Chemical Weapons in the Materials of a Criminal Case and the International Conference Reports”, Izvestia , May 20, 1993.