1999 Apartment Bombings

English translation

EN Page 1 Lubyanka Vector: September Terror

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September Terror CollectionMaterials about the apartment bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk
Supplement to issue 7
LUBYANKA VECTOR Report of the Moscow research group Mark Ulensh
ContentsCRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
Krasnodarskaya Street: Terrorist's mistake?
Borisov Ponds: Thank you, doctor!
Guryanova Street
Sea bird and ship of the desert (chapter currently missing)
Kashirskoye Highway: One's own are those who pay
THE ACCUSED ACCUSE
Letters of repentance
Perovsky trail?
PREDICTIONS
Chechen trail leading to Lubyanka
Volunteer Anatoly Viktorovich Mylnikov
Perovsky trail again?
VECTOR
MISCELLANEOUS
Uzbek trail
Something about Ryazan
They are no longer being sought
What happened in the last two years
Timeline of Events

Date
Event Description


14.11.2001
A closed court in Stavropol sentenced five Karachays to terms ranging from 9 to 15 years on charges of preparing terrorist acts. The original charge of complicity in organizing the apartment bombings in 1999 was dropped for all defendants.

24.4.2002
A letter from Achimez Gochiyayev is dated this day (published 24.7.2002).

17.7.2002
One of the accused, Adam Dekkushev, was detained.

28.7.2002
A letter from Yusuf Krymshamkhalov and Batchayev is dated this day (published in December 2002, received by the media before 7.12.2002).

20.8.2002
A video interview of Achimez Gochiyayev is dated this day (its text was handed over by Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko to journalists and the Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov Commission in February 2003).

7.12.2002
Accused Yusuf Krymshamkhalov was detained. Accused Timur Batchayev died during an arrest attempt.

14.5.2003
Kislovodsk traffic police officer Lyubichev was sentenced to four years in prison for aiding the accused Yusuf Krymshamkhalov.

23.6.2003
Detention of 'werewolves in epaulettes'. One of them, Evgeny Taratorin, had previously told journalists about his active participation in the investigation of the apartment bombings. A few days later, the head of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, Viktor Trutnev, was dismissed from his post. In 1999, Trutnev headed the criminal investigation department of the South-Eastern District of Moscow, which includes Guryanova Street, Krasnodarskaya Street, and Borisov Ponds.

31.10.2003
A closed trial of Adam Dekkushev and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov began in the Moscow City Court.

Date	Event Description
14.11.2001	A closed court in Stavropol sentenced five Karachays to terms ranging from 9 to 15 years on charges of preparing terrorist acts. The original charge of complicity in organizing the apartment bombings in 1999 was dropped for all defendants.
24.4.2002	A letter from Achimez Gochiyayev is dated this day (published 24.7.2002).
17.7.2002	One of the accused, Adam Dekkushev, was detained.
28.7.2002	A letter from Yusuf Krymshamkhalov and Batchayev is dated this day (published in December 2002, received by the media before 7.12.2002).
20.8.2002	A video interview of Achimez Gochiyayev is dated this day (its text was handed over by Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko to journalists and the Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov Commission in February 2003).
7.12.2002	Accused Yusuf Krymshamkhalov was detained. Accused Timur Batchayev died during an arrest attempt.
14.5.2003	Kislovodsk traffic police officer Lyubichev was sentenced to four years in prison for aiding the accused Yusuf Krymshamkhalov.
23.6.2003	Detention of 'werewolves in epaulettes'. One of them, Evgeny Taratorin, had previously told journalists about his active participation in the investigation of the apartment bombings. A few days later, the head of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department, Viktor Trutnev, was dismissed from his post. In 1999, Trutnev headed the criminal investigation department of the South-Eastern District of Moscow, which includes Guryanova Street, Krasnodarskaya Street, and Borisov Ponds.
31.10.2003	A closed trial of Adam Dekkushev and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov began in the Moscow City Court.

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