 Berezovsky confirmed that Udugov came to see him, but denied that he conspired with Udugov.However, according to Berezovsky "Udugov and Basayev conspired with Stepashin and Putin to provoke a war to topple Maskhadov..., but the agreement was for the Russian army to stop at the Terek River.Instead, Putin double-crossed the Chechens and started an all-out war."