Anatoly Kucherena
PersonRelationship Network
Event Timeline
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Edward Snowden
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Client |
14
Very Strong
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26 | |
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Edward Snowden
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Legal representative |
11
Very Strong
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23 | |
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Oliver Stone
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Business associate |
10
Very Strong
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3 | |
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Putin
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Friend |
10
Very Strong
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5 | |
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Author of the book
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Interviewer interviewee |
7
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1 | |
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Sophie Shevardnadze
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Journalist source |
7
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1 | |
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Oliver Stone
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Professional artistic |
6
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1 | |
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organization
FSB
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Professional |
6
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2 | |
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Zamir
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Professional contact |
6
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1 | |
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Viktor Yanukovych
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Client |
6
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2 | |
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Stone
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Business associate |
6
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1 | |
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Lugovoy
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Professional political connection |
5
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1 | |
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organization
FSB
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Professional board member |
5
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1 | |
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organization
FSB
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Oversight |
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1 | |
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Lugovoy
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Professional political |
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1 | |
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Sophie Shevardnadze
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Interviewer interviewee |
5
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1 | |
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Lugovoy
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Business associate |
5
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1 | |
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Oliver Stone
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Professional actor |
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Author
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Interviewer interviewee |
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1 | |
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Edward Jay Epstein
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Interviewer interviewee |
5
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1 | |
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Oliver Stone
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Professional actor director |
5
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1 | |
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Edward Jay Epstein
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Source journalist |
5
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1 | |
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Edward Jay Epstein
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Legal representative |
5
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1 | |
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organization
FSB
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Oversight professional |
5
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1 | |
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Open Road Films
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Business associate |
5
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1 |
| Date | Event Type | Description | Location | Actions |
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| N/A | N/A | Interview meeting at Kucherena's office. | Kucherena's office, Moscow | View |
| N/A | N/A | Meeting between the narrator and Anatoly Kucherena in Moscow regarding Edward Snowden. | Moscow | View |
| N/A | N/A | Interview between the narrator and Anatoly Kucherena regarding Edward Snowden. | Moscow | View |
| N/A | N/A | Meeting/Press Conference where Snowden requested asylum. | Russia | View |
| N/A | N/A | Interview between the author and Kucherena regarding Snowden's documents and status. | Unknown | View |
| 2025-11-20 | N/A | Meeting with Anatoly Kucherena to discuss Edward Snowden. | Kucherena's office, Moscow | View |
| 2025-11-20 | N/A | Meeting at Kucherena's office regarding Edward Snowden. | Kucherena’s office, Moscow | View |
| 2025-11-20 | N/A | Narrator meets with Kucherena in Moscow to discuss Edward Snowden. | Kucherena's office, Moscow | View |
| 2015-10-01 | N/A | Author Edward Jay Epstein travels to Moscow to meet Kucherena. | Moscow | View |
| 2015-01-01 | N/A | Author met with Kucherena in Moscow to confirm details of the Shevardnadze interview. | Moscow | View |
| 2015-01-01 | N/A | Author interviewed Kucherena regarding Snowden. | Moscow | View |
| 2015-01-01 | N/A | Author interviewed Anatoly Kucherena in Moscow. | Moscow, Russia | View |
| 2015-01-01 | N/A | Kucherena confirmed the accuracy of the Shevardnadze interview to the author. | Moscow | View |
| 2013-09-23 | N/A | Anatoly Kucherena interviewed by Sophie Shevardnadze on RT Television. | Russia (implied studio) | View |
| 2013-09-23 | N/A | Interview between Kucherena and Shevardnadze regarding Snowden's document possession. | Moscow (implied) | View |
| 2013-09-23 | N/A | Televised interview between Shevardnadze and Kucherena on RT. | Moscow | View |
| 2013-09-23 | N/A | Anatoly Kucherena interviewed on RT's 'Sophie & Co'. | Moscow (implied) | View |
| 2013-09-23 | N/A | Broadcast of an RT Television interview with Anatoly Kucherena by Sophie Shevardnadze. | RT Television | View |
| 2013-09-23 | N/A | Broadcast of an RT Television segment about Edward Snowden's legal representative. | Moscow | View |
| 2013-09-01 | N/A | Kucherena asserted that Snowden had brought secret material to Russia. | Russia | View |
| 2013-09-01 | N/A | Kucherena made an assertion that Snowden brought secret material to Russia. | Russia | View |
| 2013-08-01 | N/A | Kucherena announces Snowden's residency in Moscow. | Moscow Airport | View |
| 2013-08-01 | N/A | Snowden leaves airport with Kucherena after being granted residency. | Moscow Airport | View |
| 2013-07-14 | N/A | Snowden meets his lawyer-to-be | Russia | View |
| 2013-07-14 | N/A | Snowden first meets Anatoly Kucherena. | Russia | View |
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This document appears to be a page (175) from a book manuscript, likely 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by the filename 'Epst_' and ISBN). It details the diplomatic fallout between the US and Russia caused by Edward Snowden's defection, specifically the cancellation of a summit between Obama and Putin. It also discusses the intelligence value Snowden provided to Russia and his subsequent changing narrative regarding whether he brought classified files with him. The document bears a House Oversight Committee Bates stamp.
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This document is page 174 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' (authored by Edward Jay Epstein), bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp. It discusses Edward Snowden's presence in Russia, implying that he likely shared classified NSA/CIA information with Russian intelligence (FSB), either willingly or under duress. The text highlights the role of Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden's lawyer and FSB oversight board member, in confirming Snowden possessed unreleased materials.
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This document is page 173 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets' by Edward Jay Epstein (indicated by the filename 'Epst' and ISBN), marked as a House Oversight Committee exhibit. The text details the author's investigation into Edward Snowden's handling of stolen NSA documents, specifically citing interviews with Snowden's Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena. The text establishes that Snowden retained a specific set of sensitive documents for himself—withholding them from journalists Greenwald and Poitras in Hong Kong—and that Kucherena later received reports and statements regarding Snowden from Russian authorities in July 2013. The document discusses the concern of US intelligence agencies (NSA, CIA, DOD) regarding what Snowden did with the documents he kept while in Russia.
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This page discusses the critical nature of missing NSA documents copied by Edward Snowden, specifically "Level 3" lists regarding China and Russia that were not provided to journalists. It questions whether Snowden took these highly sensitive files with him to Russia, noting his communications about protecting secrets and an interview with his Russian lawyer.
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This document is page 168 from the book 'How America Lost Its Secrets'. While the file name includes an Epstein reference ('Epst_...'), the text details Edward Snowden's asylum in Russia, his relationship with his lawyer Kucherena, his cooperation with the FSB, and his appearance on a telethon with Vladimir Putin. It argues that Snowden received sanctuary and perks in exchange for cooperation and intelligence.
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This document is an excerpt from a writing by investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein (not Jeffrey Epstein) regarding Edward Snowden. It details Snowden's interactions with Russian authorities and his lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, specifically confirming that Snowden brought secret NSA documents to Moscow that had not been previously released to journalists in Hong Kong. The text cites a House Intelligence Committee report alleging ongoing contact between Snowden and Russian intelligence services.
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This document is a page from a House Oversight report detailing the timeline and circumstances of Edward Snowden's flight from Hong Kong to Russia in 2013. It refutes Snowden's claim that he was trapped in Russia by the US, presenting evidence that his passport was revoked before he left Hong Kong and that the Russian government (specifically Putin and Aeroflot) facilitated his travel. It also implicates WikiLeaks in funding and assisting his escape and cites Russian officials claiming Snowden shared intelligence with Russian security services.
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This document appears to be a page from a report or book analyzing the Edward Snowden NSA leaks. It discusses Snowden's motives, distinguishing between his whistle-blowing on domestic surveillance and his theft of 'level 3' files related to sources and methods which he took to Russia. The text hypothesizes that Snowden must have had an accomplice within the NSA facility in Hawaii to access these files and highlights a gap in intelligence regarding his first eleven days in Hong Kong. NOTE: While the prompt references Epstein, this specific page mentions only Edward Snowden and related intelligence matters.
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This document page discusses the logistics and implications of Edward Snowden's travel to Russia, arguing that the Russian government facilitated his journey and extensively debriefed him upon arrival. It asserts that despite public narratives, Snowden served as an espionage source for Russian intelligence agencies like the GRU and SVR, who would have thoroughly exploited his knowledge and data.
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This document appears to be a page from a manuscript or report (marked page 207) included in a House Oversight production. The author discusses their investigation into Edward Snowden, specifically confirming through an intermediary named Kucherena that Snowden brought secret U.S. intelligence material to Russia that had not been previously disclosed in Hong Kong. The author outlines a plan to submit questions to Snowden via Ben Wizner and explicitly notes a decision not to provide financial payment to Kucherena or Snowden.
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This document excerpt details an interview with Kucherena, Edward Snowden's Russian lawyer, regarding Snowden's dossier, potential possession of CIA files, and the fictionalized account in Kucherena's novel. The conversation also covers the logistics of interviewing Snowden, involving his American lawyer Ben Wizner, and concludes with Kucherena soliciting a financial contribution for Snowden's legal defense fund.
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This document page, part of a House Oversight record, details an interview with Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena regarding his representation of Edward Snowden. It describes their first meeting on July 12, 2013, at Sheremetyevo Airport, where Kucherena advised Snowden to withdraw asylum petitions to other countries to secure sanctuary in Russia. The text also covers a subsequent meeting with human rights organizations where Snowden formally requested asylum in Russia.
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This document, stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT, appears to be a narrative account or transcript excerpt. The narrator describes being in Moscow and using a contact named Lugovoy to secure a meeting with Anatoly Kucherena, the lawyer for Edward Snowden. The text details the arrangement of the meeting, the narrator's arrival at Kucherena's office, interactions with his assistant Valentina, and provides biographical background on Kucherena and his high-profile clients (Yanukovych, Leps, Kovalev).
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This page appears to be from a book manuscript (likely by journalist Edward Jay Epstein) included in House Oversight records. The narrator describes being in Moscow in November 2013, attempting unsuccessfully to interview Edward Snowden via his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. Failing that, the narrator contacts Andrei Lugovoy, a suspect in the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning, and arranges a meeting at the National Hotel to discuss the case and potentially gain access to Kucherena.
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This document is page 198 of a manuscript (labeled HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020350) titled 'Through the Looking Glass'. It details an interview in Moscow between the narrator and former KGB spy handler Victor Ivanovich Cherkashin. The text focuses on Cherkashin's recruitment of high-profile US intelligence officers (Ames, Hanssen, Pelton) and his philosophy that resentment, rather than greed or lust, is the primary vulnerability in recruiting spies.
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This document (page 196) appears to be an investigative narrative detailing the 39-day period Edward Snowden spent in the Moscow airport transit zone in 2013. It discusses his living conditions with Sarah Harrison, the costs of the capsule hotel, and the possibility that he was actually housed in VIP quarters used by Russian security services (FSB/KGB). The text outlines the media frenzy and futile search for Snowden by reporters who bought tickets and bribed staff to find him.
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This page from a House Oversight document (Bates 020347) details the logistics and motivations behind Edward Snowden's flight from Hong Kong to Moscow in 2013. It argues that Snowden likely never intended to travel to Latin America (Ecuador or Cuba) because he feared CIA capture there, a sentiment he expressed to journalists like Katrina vanden Heuvel and Glenn Greenwald. The document recounts the media frenzy surrounding Aeroflot flight SU-150, noting that while reporters swarmed the plane based on a tip, Snowden was never on board.
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This document appears to be an excerpt from a narrative or report (marked with House Oversight numbering) detailing a journalist's efforts to interview Edward Snowden in Moscow. The narrator communicates with a source named Zamir, who instructs that all access must go through a lawyer named Kucherena, involving a strict vetting process. The narrator subsequently arranges a visa in New York and travel to Moscow to attempt the meeting. While part of a dataset that may include Epstein materials, this specific page deals exclusively with the Snowden interview logistics.
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This document, appearing to be an excerpt from a narrative report or book within a House Oversight file, details a meeting between the author and director Oliver Stone. They discuss Stone's exclusivity deal with Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena (an FSB board member), which blocked a competing Sony project. The author, seeking to interview Snowden, learns that Snowden is aware of their book project and subsequently hires Moscow 'fixer' Zamir Gotta to facilitate a meeting.
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This document is a page from a book (Chapter 24) detailing a dinner between the narrator and director Oliver Stone in New York. The conversation focuses on Stone's film about Edward Snowden, specifically probing the financial arrangements Stone made to gain access to Snowden in Moscow, including a $1 million payment to Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, for 'total access' disguised as book rights. The text also mentions the Sony Pictures hack and payments made to The Guardian.
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This document is a 'Chronology 3' from a House Oversight report detailing Edward Snowden's movements and activities in Russia between June 2013 and August 2014. It tracks his arrival from Hong Kong, his asylum process, meetings with lawyers (ACLU) and journalists (NY Times, Gellman), and his association with Sarah Harrison. While the user prompt requested an analysis of an 'Epstein-related' document, the text of this specific page pertains exclusively to the Edward Snowden timeline.
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This document appears to be a page (188) from a book manuscript or investigative report regarding Edward Snowden's defection to Russia. The text analyzes the damage control efforts by the NSA and GCHQ following the breach, Snowden's life in Moscow, and questions his motives for taking specific documents that were never released to journalists. The author mentions making arrangements to travel to Moscow in October 2015 to investigate the circumstances of Snowden's arrival in Russia. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp.
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This document appears to be page 145 of a House Oversight Committee report discussing the intelligence fallout from Edward Snowden's leaks. It details the impact on US foreign relations (specifically with Germany regarding Chancellor Merkel's phone), the potential sharing of 'Level 3' NSA documents with Russia and China, and the resulting loss of US and British intelligence capabilities in monitoring adversaries. Note: While the user requested an 'Epstein-related' analysis, this specific page contains no references to Jeffrey Epstein or his network; it is entirely focused on national security and the Snowden affair.
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This document appears to be page 144 of a book or report (likely by Edward Jay Epstein) analyzing the timeline of NSA document leaks attributed to Edward Snowden. It questions how Snowden could continue releasing documents via Wikileaks and The Intercept (regarding French presidents and Israeli operations) years after supposedly destroying his files in Hong Kong, suggesting potential involvement or approval by Russian intelligence services. The text details specific leaks from June and July 2015 and cites interviews with intelligence officials.
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This document, marked as House Oversight material, analyzes the Snowden leaks specifically regarding the surveillance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It argues that the document revealing the spying on Merkel was not part of the original cache Snowden gave to Greenwald and Poitras in Hong Kong, suggesting it was released later from Moscow or via another source. The text details James Bamford's forensic analysis of the drive, which found no mention of Merkel, leading to speculation about how *Der Spiegel* obtained the information.
| Date | Type | From | To | Amount | Description | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Received | Stone (Oliver Stone) | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Payment ostensibly for rights to the novel 'Tim... | View |
| N/A | Received | Open Road Films | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Payment for rights to unfinished novel 'Time of... | View |
| N/A | Received | Open Road Films | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Payment for rights to unfinished novel 'Time of... | View |
| N/A | Received | Open Road Films | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Payment for rights to the not completed novel '... | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Supposedly for rights to novel 'Time of the Oct... | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone / Pr... | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Deal to guarantee exclusive access to Snowden a... | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Officially for rights to 'Time of the Octopus',... | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone / Pr... | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Million dollar deal regarding access to Snowden... | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Supposedly for rights to 'Time of the Octopus',... | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone/Prod... | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Payment to guarantee exclusive access to Snowde... | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Optioning rights for Kucherena's novel. | View |
| N/A | Received | Oliver Stone (imp... | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Option payment for Kucherena's 'roman a clef' n... | View |
| N/A | Received | Stone (Oliver Stone) | Anatoly Kucherena | $1,000,000.00 | Payment ostensibly for rights to the novel 'Tim... | View |
| 2013-07-01 | Paid | Anatoly Kucherena | Edward Snowden | $0.00 | Kucherena offered to serve as the lawyer for Sn... | View |
Snowden
Interview translated into English, approved by Kucherena.
Snowden's materials
Television program interview regarding Snowden's unreleased materials.
Snowden case
Interview regarding accepting the case
Snowden's value to Russia
Discussion about why Russia got involved and what material Snowden possessed.
Snowden's Documents
Stated Snowden took NSA documents to Russia that were not given to journalists.
Snowden's material and Russia's involvement
Discussed why Russia got involved and hinted at CIA secret files.
Snowden's documents
Discussed whether Snowden gave all documents to journalists or kept some.
Snowden's Documents
Stated Snowden took NSA documents to Russia that were not given to journalists.
Snowden's arrival
Discussion about how Kucherena was hired and the events at the airport.
Snowden Interview Request
Discussion regarding Snowden's secrets, the content of Kucherena's book, and requesting a meeting with Snowden.
Snowden's asylum and dossier
Kucherena confirms he saw Snowden's dossier and interviews.
Unknown, but includes the quote 'I asked how he...'
An interview conducted by the book's author with Anatoly Kucherena.
Snowden Interview Request
Discussion regarding Snowden's secrets, the contents of Kucherena's book, and a request to meet Snowden.
Unknown, but includes the quote 'I asked how he...'
An interview conducted by the book's author with Anatoly Kucherena.
Snowden interview request
Author asked to see Snowden; Kucherena directed him to Ben Wizner for vetting.
Unknown, but includes the quote 'I asked how he...'
An interview conducted by the book's author with Anatoly Kucherena.
Snowden
Scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m.
Interview regarding Snowden
In-person meeting at Kucherena's office.
Verification of claims
Kucherena confirmed the accuracy of his previous interview regarding Snowden bringing secret material to Moscow.
Snowden reports
Kucherena claims reports were turned over to him by Russian authorities.
Snowden and NSA documents
Kucherena stated all reports concerning Snowden were turned over to him by Russian authorities in July 2013.
Snowden reports
Interview in Moscow regarding reports turned over by Russian authorities.
Snowden
Kucherena admitted receiving reports from Russian authorities.
Confirmation of Shevardnadze interview
Kucherena confirmed the accuracy of his previous interview regarding Snowden.
Confirmation of Shevardnadze interview accuracy
Kucherena confirmed the accuracy of his previous statements regarding Snowden's files.
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