Mr Litvinenko passed on to Mr Scaramella information about Mr Mogilevich that he said had emerged from the transcription of the Kuchma tapes. Mr Litvinenko told Mr Scaramella that Mr Mogilevich (whom he described as a “well known criminalterrorist”) was. “in a good relationship with Russian President Putin and most senior officials of the Russian Federation” ; that Mr Mogilevich and President Putin had, “a common cause, in my understanding a criminal cause” ; that Mr Mogilevich was an arms dealer who was selling weapons to Al-Qaeda; and that he knew: “beyond doubt that Mogilevich is FSB’s long-standing agent and all his actions including the contacts with Al-Qaeda are controlled by FSB … For this very reason the FSB is hiding Mogilevich from FBI.” These allegations were contained in a written statement that Mr Litvinenko sent by fax to the offices of the Mitrokhin Commission.
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Mr Litvinenko passed on to Mr Scaramella information about Mr Mogilevich that he said had emerged from the transcription of the Kuchma tapes. Mr Litvinenko told Mr Scaramella that Mr Mogilevich (whom he described as a “well known criminalterrorist”) was. “in a good relationship with Russian President Putin and most senior officials of the Russian Federation” ; that Mr Mogilevich and President Putin had, “a common cause, in my understanding a criminal cause” ; that Mr Mogilevich was an arms dealer who was selling weapons to Al-Qaeda; and that he knew: “beyond doubt that Mogilevich is FSB’s long-standing agent and all his actions including the contacts with Al-Qaeda are controlled by FSB … For this very reason the FSB is hiding Mogilevich from FBI.” These allegations were contained in a written statement that Mr Litvinenko sent by fax to the offices of the Mitrokhin Commission.
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