Who's who in the American connection

Semyon Mogilevich: Russian businessman based in Hungary

Semyon Mogilevich: Russian businessman based in Hungary. Accused of pumping $10 to $15 billion through the Bank of New York in a capital flight-money laundering operation. Denies the charges.

Says it's all a plot by the FBI to discredit him and Russia.

The Financial Times reports that he channelled £31.3 million sterling through Royal Bank of Scotland accounts in London in 1995. Mogilevich says he is worth $10 million.

Tatyana Dyachenko: President Yeltsin's younger daughter. Named by USA Today, citing intelligence sources, as being involved in the Bank of New York operation. Denies the charges.

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Anatoly Chubais: Former deputy prime minister. Named by USA Today. Denies the charges.

Vladimir Potanin: Former deputy prime minister. Named by USA Today. Denies the charges.

Oleg Soskovets: Former deputy prime minister. The man who emerged from the aircraft at Shannon to tell Albert Reynolds that President Yeltsin was ill. Named by USA Today. Denies the charges.

Alexander Livshits: Former finance minister. Named by USA Today. Denies the charges.

Natasha Kagalovsky: The Russian accounts flowed through her department of the Bank of New York.

Konstantin Kagalovsky: Husband of Natasha Kagalovsky. Formerly Russia's chief delegate to the IMF and associate of Chubais and others.

Michel Camdessus: Managing director of the IMF. The money loaned to Russia by his organisation may have been channelled through the Bank of New York.

Al Gore: Vice-President of the US. Under attack by political opponents for dealings with corrupt Russian officials.

Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin: Accused of large-scale corruption in a CIA file.

This document was returned to CIA from Al Gore's office allegedly with the word "Bullshit" scrawled across its cover.