Incident Summary: Explosive Preparation and Transport

Initial Acquisition and Preparation

• Location: Mirny near Kislovodsk and Erken-Shakhar.
• Acquisition: From a private individual in Erken-Shakhar, approximately 5–7 tons of granulated sugar were purchased and transported to Yoska's house.
• Participants:
  • Batchaev brothers: Timur and Zaur.
  • An Ingush man (whose name is not recalled and who also died).
  • Yoska Krymshamkhalov.
• Mixing Process:
  • A concrete mixer was used to combine:
    • Aluminum powder
    • Sugar
    • Ammonium nitrate (purchaser unknown).
  • The mixture was poured into sugar bags obtained from the director of the sugar factory in Erken-Shakhar (of Nogai nationality).
• Intent: Yoska Krymshamkhalov and the narrator were certain the resulting explosive substance would be transported to Chechnya.

Transport to Kislovodsk

• Arrival of Achimez: Achimez Gochiyayev, known to the narrator from Karachayevsk, arrived after the substance was ready.
• First Transport: The bags were moved from Yoska's house to his uncle's warehouse in Kislovodsk using a KAMAZ truck (license plate unknown; the driver believed it was sugar).
• Narrator's Departure: The narrator argued with Achimez and left for Chechnya to avoid further involvement.
• Return to Kislovodsk: In Chechnya, the narrator arrived at the 'Kavkaz' camp in Serzhen-Yurt but was sent back a day later.
  • Reason for Return: Achimez had left 5 tons of explosives in Kislovodsk, loaded into the aforementioned KAMAZ.
  • Context: At this time, events were unfolding in Dagestan. Abu-Umar advised that the explosives needed to be taken to Russia and detonated to scare the Russians and stop the war in Dagestan.

Final Movement to Volgodonsk

• Reloading: In Kislovodsk, the bags were reloaded into a KAMAZ purchased on credit from the cousin of Iskhak Temirliev.
  • Vehicle Details: The vehicle was driven to Kislovodsk by Timur Batchaev.
  • Owner/Nationality: Iskhak Temirliev is a Karachay living in Sary-Tyuz, Ust-Dzhegutinsky district.
• Journey: The group traveled to Volgodonsk.
  • Drivers: Timur and Yoska drove the KAMAZ.
  • Narrator's Transport: The narrator traveled ahead in a 'Moskvitch-Svyatogor' they had purchased.
• Objective: The intended target was to blow up the truck containing the explosives at the dam located in Volgodonsk.

Note: The text ends abruptly before detailing the outcome of the plan in Volgodonsk.