Trepashkin's Identification

Trepashkin names the person who, in his opinion, is very similar to this first composite sketch with a square face and glasses: Vladimir Romanovich. Trepashkin crossed paths with this man, an FSB agent once embedded in one of the gangs, during his investigative work while serving in the FSB.

Therefore, further in this text, "Gochiyayev" will mean "Gochiyayev or the person posing as Gochiyayev" (and for some time as Laipanov).

Location Details

Borisovskie Prudy, 16, bldg. 2

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Storage and Explosives

The bags had to be moved very quickly to other premises, rented under a different name (or names). Such transport was indeed underway.

Very nearby, at Borisovskie Prudy, house 16, building 2, they set up a more reliable storage facility—on the first floor of a new building: not in the basement, as was written in most publications, but in one of the rooms specifically intended for small shops.

The explosives were found "through the wall from us," the deputy head of the pharmacy told us confidently. Now that room houses a hardware store. And in September 1999, residents of the house say, it was most likely a film rental point (one witness also named the firm "Mr. Dent"—probably meaning the well-known dental network "Master Dent"; journalists, citing "special services," wrote that the premises were owned by the firm "Lars-Market," but in fact, this firm was located next to the bombed house on Kashirskoye Highway). The doors face the bridge over the Moscow River, so there are no "neighbors opposite." Part of the bags and the most critical elements—detonators and clocks—were moved here. According to investigators' revelations to journalists, Casio brand watches were programmed for five more explosions:

• September 13 at 16:28
• September 14 at 4:48 and 18:00
• September 16 at 17:16
• September 21 at 4:05

[Photos of the building and signs: BORISOVSKIE PRUDY STREET 16 bldg 2; AUTO PARTS GOODS FOR THE HOME]

Analysis of Timing

None of the popularizers bothered to explain: what was the point of setting the alarm time on clocks lying in a warehouse, and why, unlike previous explosions, were new ones planned not for round times, but for such strange moments? It is more likely that no one set these clocks to any time—they were simply lying in the state in which they were purchased.

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