“The last time we talked was about a month ago. I don't think he knew about the plans. Stupidly, I rented out the apartment, but I don’t think I knew them or was involved,” the source said.

The man confirmed that Alisher has a wife, three children and a small business - a teahouse, “which you can’t even call a cafe, at the level of a canteen.”

According to him, he rarely saw his brother for the last three or four years.

On March 26, a court in Moscow arrested the eighth defendant in the case of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall - businessman Alisher Kasimov. As RT found out, Kasimov works as a cook.