 However, in Klebnikov's view, there was nothing in the conversation to prove that, and it could well have been just a routine hostage negotiation.According to Marina Litvinenko and Alexander Goldfarb, the transcript published in Moskovskij Komsomolets has been "partly true and 
partly a fabrication".According to Boris Berezovsky, the war was planned for six months before the Dagestan events, over his objections.