1.   A Cabinet Office spokesman said the renovation contract for the building stipulated clearly that all wood used on the project must come from sustainable sources.

2.   Russian prosecutors suspected that Mabetex had won lucrative renovation contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars by bribing top officials.

3.   Switzerland is helping Russia investigate allegations that Swiss construction company Mabetex bribed top Kremlin officials, including President Boris Yeltsin, to win lucrative renovation contracts.

4.   The money was paid by two Swiss construction companies, Mercata and Mabetex, in exchange for lucrative renovation contracts.