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... [license plate?] belonging to Iskenderov A.I.-O., residing in Volgodonsk, Oktyabrskoye Shosse, bldg. 35, apt. 39, who for three years had parked it near his entrance.
On September 16, 1999, Iskenderov A.I.-O. was detained under Art. 122 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR on suspicion of involvement in the commission of this crime. It was subsequently established that Iskanderov [sic] had no connection to the commission of the act of terrorism.
During interrogations, Iskenderov testified that on September 13, 1999, at a truck parking lot in Volgodonsk, he met three individuals, natives of the North Caucasus ethnic groups, who arrived in the city in a "GAZ" vehicle, allegedly to sell potatoes. They bought the vehicle from him, explaining that it was needed to deliver more than 10 tons of potatoes to the city's markets. On the same day, they gave Iskenderov 300 US dollars and 2,000 rubles as payment. The formalization of the sale-purchase transaction was supposed to take place on September 16.
As established by the investigation, on the same day, on the territory of motorcade No. 2070 in Volgodonsk, explosives were loaded into the truck's body and an explosive device was installed; all of this was camouflaged from above with loose potatoes.
On September 15, 1999, at the request of the buyers, Iskenderov drove the vehicle to its usual place near his house so that the next morning he could take the potatoes to the market, and after their sale, proceed with the formalization of the vehicle's sale-purchase documents. On the night of September 15 to 16, 1999, at the request of the buyers, he guarded the vehicle with the cargo. At 5:00 AM, he returned to his apartment to warm up. At 5:57 AM on September 16, the explosive device installed in the vehicle detonated.
Immediately during the operational-search activities and investigative actions, all paid parking lots for cars and trucks in the city, gas stations, auto repair shops, motorcade No. 2070, the communications hub, banks, hotels, recreation centers, cafes, bars, restaurants, and other places of possible stay for the criminals were checked.
An analysis and synthesis of all available operational and other information regarding persons who arrived from the North Caucasus region, temporarily or permanently residing in the city and nearby areas, and their connections, was conducted.
As a result of the measures taken, it was established that the following participated in the preparation and direct execution of the explosion:
Krymshamkhalov Yusuf Ibragimovich, born in 1966, a native of the Adyge-Khablsky district of the Stavropol Territory, Karachay, having a secondary education, in a common-law marriage, having one minor child, unemployed, registered at the address: Stavropol Territory, Kislovodsk, Lineynaya St., 46;
Batchaev Timur Amurovich, born in 1978, a native of the village of Tereze, Malo-Karachaevsky district of the Stavropol Territory, Karachay, registered there at Khalilov St., 25, having a secondary education, single, temporarily unemployed;

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Dekkushev Adam Osmanovich, born in 1962, a native of the city of Karachaevsk, Stavropol Territory, Karachay, residing there at Lenin St., 75, secondary education, married, having two minor children, unemployed;
On September 18, 1999, full information was established regarding the "KAMAZ" and "Moskvich" vehicles used by the criminals for movement and delivery of explosives to Volgodonsk.
On September 19, 1999, the "KAMAZ" was found in Karachaevsk in the courtyard of Dekkushev's house, where it had been since September 16, 1999. This vehicle was seized, an inspection was carried out, and traces of explosives were found in the body.
On September 19, 1999, the investigative department of the UFSB of Russia for the Rostov Region issued decrees to bring Krymshamkhalov, Batchaev, and Dekkushev as defendants in the case for committing a crime under Part 3 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and they were placed on the wanted list. A preventive measure—detention—was chosen for them.
According to received operational information, after the crime was committed, the wanted persons fled to the Chechen Republic.
During the investigation of the case, the involvement of the defendants in illegal armed groups of the Chechen Republic was established; data was obtained on their undergoing sabotage training at the "Kavkaz" center and their presence in the units of Khattab and Abu-Dhafar.
The guilt of Krymshamkhalov, Dekkushev, and Batchaev in committing the terrorist act is fully confirmed by the testimony of more than 200 witnesses, protocols of identification of the defendants by photographs, protocols of seizures, searches, and inspections.
Operational units of law enforcement agencies are conducting a federal search for the defendants, and an international search has been organized.
900 expert examinations were conducted in the case, including 855 forensic medical ones, as well as explosives, fingerprinting, biological-forensic, chemical, complex, and others.
847 citizens were interrogated and recognized as victims in the case (a significant number of citizens affected by the crime left the Rostov region).
Investigative actions and operational-search measures in the case were carried out in Moscow, Kislovodsk, Nevinnomyssk, Cherkessk, Nalchik, Karachaevsk, and a number of other settlements in the Russian Federation.
The term of the preliminary investigation in the case was extended by the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to 33 months, that is, until June 16, 2002.
The progress of the criminal investigation is under special control of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, S.N. Fridinsky.