Dzambolat Tedeev’s lawyer denied reports that the FSB brought charges against the head coach of the Russian national wrestling team of attempting a coup in the occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia. "At first he was searched as a citizen, and then questioned as a witness. The case against Tedeev has not been instituted «- lawyer Alexander Vershinin told Gazeta.ru.

The publication notes that the FSB "on incomprehensible grounds" confiscated Dzambolat Tedeev’s passport. However, given the circumstances under which arch enemy of Eduard Kokoity used this passport last time, the desire of security services to prevent him from going abroad is understandable. Tedeev himself over the past days are unavailable for comment - according to his driver, after the search and questioning the coach "flew to a competition in Krasnoyarsk."

Earlier, cousin of the opposition leader Violetta Tedeeva told reporters that on the 25th of January "early in the morning the FSB came to him and told that allegedly they received a complaint from the prosecutor's office of South Ossetia that to him complained that he wanted to seize power, and asked him to go with them. Dzambolat replied that he would not go anywhere without his lawyer. "