Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuongorora kwakaitwa neFederal Security Service yeRussia Federation (FSB) kwakaratidza kuti Khattab ndiye aiva shure kwechiitiko chaSeptember 1999
Kuputika kwedzimba dzevanhu vokuRussia. 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".