Since Dr. Briffa is at the center of this money laundering, I looked for more info on him and found this bio:
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/people/briffa/
Also, it looks like the Ekaterinburg Branch of Bank for Foreign Trade was used in the money laundering:
At the end of the last year Janet asked me to send the account of the bank to transfer the rest money of the INTAS project (737 Euros). I have sent you the necessary form to transfer the money for my name, but the Ekaterinburg Branch of Bank for Foreing Trade did not receive the money until now. Do you know the reason?
link:
http://www.eastangliaemails.com/emails.php?eid=232&filename=992021888.txt
Still, this does give investigators another place to look.
I'd also like to track down the email of June 5 mentioned below:
From: "Isaak M. Khalatnikov"
To: k.briffa@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Keith Briffa
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 97 07:18:26 +0400 (MSD)
Dear Keith,
Thank you for the message of 5 June, 1997.
I am anderstanding your difficulties with transfering money and I think the best way for us if you will bring money to Krasnoyarsk and I give you a receipt.
Rashit will go to Yamal at the end of June and I go to the Polar Urals at the beginnind of July. We can find money temporary at our Institute and other sources for three months to fulfill our fieldworks. Now I am at two weeks holiday with my wife and granddother near Moscow after the meeting of Russian Academy of Sciences where E.Vaganov was elected as the Academician. It is important for dendrochronological srudies at our country and international collaboration.
Sincerely yours Stepan Shiyatov Cheers!