After purchasing a Moskvich, individuals transported aluminum powder from Yoska's house to the Karabashevs' house.
At the Karabashevs' house, they began preparing a mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder using a concrete mixer borrowed from an unknown source.
Yoska and the narrator understood from conversations that explosives were being prepared, but they initially assumed they were intended for Chechnya.
Conflict and Transport
Achimez Gochiyaev later came to collect the explosives.
An argument occurred because Gochiyaev refused to take the entire prepared explosive mixture. The narrator believed this action would implicate many innocent people.
Gochiyaev insisted, leading the narrator to hire a KAMAZ truck from a Karachay man in the village of Mirny for 200 rubles per day. (Note: This man was unaware of the crime, believing the bags contained sugar).
All the prepared substance was transported to a warehouse where sugar, purchased in Erken-Shakhar, was already stored.
Subsequently, the explosives and sugar were removed from the warehouse and reloaded into another vehicle at a heavy-truck parking lot. The narrator has no knowledge of who orchestrated this transfer or loading process.
Shift in Plans and Realization
Due to a disagreement with Gochiyaev's position, the narrator left for Chechnya.
Abu Umar instructed the narrator to return to Kislovodsk to:
Pick up the remaining explosives.
Transport them to Russia.
Blow up a market to influence the country's leadership, aiming to halt military operations against the mujahideen in Dagestan. (Note: Events in the Dagestani villages of Karamahi and Chabanmakhi had already begun at this time).
Upon learning that explosions had occurred in Moscow and that Gochiyaev was involved, the narrator realized that the explosives manufactured with their participation had been transported to Moscow by Gochiyaev.
Decision to Proceed
Realizing there was no turning back after the events, the narrator agreed to Abu Umar's instruction and proposed carrying out an explosion at... (text cuts off).