Dear Olivier,

Many thanks for your fax. Of course I will sign any petition to support your position on Chechnya and your status at the UN.

Unfortunately, I cannot send you this signed petition by fax because my fax was not cleaned for a long time and produces long dirty stripes. I can receive faxes, and I can send faxes through computer, but using my fax to send anything is a bad joke.

I hope this E-mail will suffice.

Best wishes.

Vladimir