 Tsvakurudzo yakaitwa neFederal Security Service yeRussian Federation FSB yakaratidza kuti Khattab ndiye aiva shure kwekuputika kwebhomba kwakaitika muRussia muna September 1999. Zvisinei, musi wa14 Gunyana 1999, Khattab akaudza sangano renhau reRussia reInterfax muGrozny kuti akanga asina chekuita nekuputika kweMoscow; akanokorwa mashoko achiti, Hatidi kufanana neavo vanouraya vanhu vanorara nemabhomba nemagaro. 