The FSB rejected these claims as "groundless accusations" and otherwise refused to comment. Ban reportedly said that these insinuations were "groundless". The commission concluded that the accusations were groundless. Nurdi Nukhazhiyev, Chechen human rights ombudsman, called Orlov's accusation "groundless and ludicrous". He denied these allegations as groundless. Although the accusation was groundless, the negative publicity was disastrous to the organization. Chairmen of both parties have declared those speculations groundless. Russia's Federal Security Bureau rejected the comments as "groundless accusations" and otherwise refused to comment. During the rage they are prone to shouting, fact distortion and making groundless accusations. During the rage, they are prone to shouting, fact distortion and making groundless accusations. Aleksey Kotyonochkin dismisses these interpretations as groundless. These allegations also proved to be groundless. He has been the object of several groundless accusations of robbery or holding a knife. The accusations in the note were found to be groundless. This motion was dismissed by the judge as being groundless.