The Shali district branch of the Interior Ministry claims Chitigov was personally involved in the murder of 50 local inhabitants, while the FSB says that the August 31, 1999 bombing of Moscow’s Manezh shopping mall, which killed one person, was carried out on his orders. The Russian FSB suspected that Chitigov had been maintaining ties with foreign intelligence services and was himself a CIA agent.
The Shali district branch of the Interior Ministry suggests that Chitigov personally orchestrated the murder of 50 local inhabitants, while the FSB claims that the August 31, 1999 bombing at Moscow’s Manezh shopping mall, which killed one person, was carried out under his orders. The Russian FSB believes Chitigov had ties with foreign intelligence services and was a CIA agent.