I think that by publishing in the article “Poisoned Policies” I gave no specific information that would characterize the composition or properties of the new chemical agents or the binary weapons based on them, the location of the institute-designer, or the site of production and testing of the new chemical agents. I didn’t give any concrete facts about the composition or properties of the new chemical agents. This is why I think that I didn’t disclose any state secret in the above-mentioned article.
Question by the defender, Leonid G. Belomestnykh: Did you realize that by publishing the article you included information not suitable for publication, and do you think that in this way you disclosed state secrets as the investigation claims?
Answer: I presented information in the article that conceptually has to do with the strictly secret topic of the development, testing, and production of a new chemical agent and the creation of binary weapons based on it. I didn’t cite a single line from classified documents in my article. This is why I think that I didn’t disclose any state secrets in the article “Poisoned Policies.”
I have read the interrogation transcript. It appears that my testimony has been transcribed accurately in the report. I don’t want to make any corrections or additions to the report.
Suspect
Vil S. Mirzayanov
Defender
Leonid G. Belomestnykh
The suspect was interrogated and the transcript was compiled by
Senior Investigator of the Investigation Department
at the MB RF,
Captain of Justice
V. Shkarin
Annex 8
Top Secret
Moscow
October 22, 1992
Investigator of the Investigation Department at the MB RF, Senior Lieutenant of Justice Martynenko and Junior Investigator of the same department, Lieutenant of Justice Zenkov ---------------- with the participation of employees of the MB RF A.T. Svetin, I.V. Belyanin [former employee of GRNIIOKhT—V.M.] and A.A. Dmitriev [my former colleague at GRNIIOKhT who worked with Bogomazov—V.M.] searched the premises of Lev A. Fedorov, Moscow, ul. Profsoyuznaya, d. 8, korp. 2, kv. 83:
1. German Mitrofanovich Mosyakin [he signed the resolution of the Permanent Technical Commission and wrote a letter about my functional responsibilities – V.M.]. Permanent address: Moscow, Orekhovy proezd, d. 39, korp. 2, kv. 342, and
2. Ivan Ivanovich Surinsky [Deputy Chief of the Security Department at GRNIIOKhT—V.M.]. Permanent address: Moscow, ul. Sayanskaya, d. 2, kv. 54. The search was conducted on the basis of the ordinance about conducting searches dated October 20, 1992 following the requirements stipulated in Articles 169-171 of the RSFSR Criminal and Procedural Code. The search was conducted in the presence of Lev Aleksandrovich Fedorov and witnesses.
The above mentioned people were informed that they could observe all the actions of the investigator and make statements regarding any of his actions. Witnesses were also advised that Article 135 of the RSFSR Criminal Code stipulates their obligation to attest to the fact, content, and results of the search.
The search started at 7.30 A.M.
Before the search started Lev A. Fedorov was offered the chance to voluntarily submit items and documents pertaining to the case as indicated in the ordinance. After this Lev A. Fedorov produced two manuscripts in blue ink. One document is 7 (seven) pages long. The other document is 6 (six) pages long. Fedorov also produced two copies of the weekly “Moscow News” issues N 38 in Russian and N 39 in English. After this Lev A. Fedorov submitted another document that was 4 (four) pages long, a manuscript in blue ink.
Lev A. Fedorov explained that Vil Sultanovich Mirzayanov had given him three manuscripts. Based on these documents, Fedorov and Mirzayanov prepared articles to be published in the weekly “Moscow News.”
After Lev A. Fedorov voluntarily produced the documents and newspapers, his apartment wasn’t searched [underlined by me—V.M.].
Three documents are packed in a paper envelope and sealed with stamp N 2 for documents of the Investigation Department of the KGB of the U.S.S.R., which is attested by signatures of the investigator, Fedorov, and the witnesses.
The search finished at 8.00 A.M. We______ have read the report of the search.
The report is true and accurate.
We have no comments regarding the search and content of the report.
The person whose apartment was searched ___________________
The search was conducted and the report was written by
Investigator of the Investigation Department at the RF Ministry of Security, Senior Lieutenant of Justice S.M. Martynenko ______________________________
Junior Investigator at the same department, Lieutenant of Justice I.E. Zenkov ____________________________________________
Annex 9
Top Secret
Moscow
October 22, 1992
Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Fanin, head of the Investigation Department at the Ministry of Security of the Russian Federation, in his office of the Investigation Department at the MB RF, observing requirements stipulated in Articles 72-74, 157, 158, and 160 of the RSFSR Criminal and Procedural Code interrogated the witness, Lev Aleksandrovich Fedorov, born on June 10, 1936 in Moscow, Chuvash, citizen of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Leading Research Assistant at the Institute for Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (work tel. 137-49-30), married. Permanent address: