States, both leaders and rank-and-file members of the IAF (Illegal Armed Formation), underwent training in the use of small arms and the conduct of combat operations. He engaged in physical training.
In the period from September 1999 to February 2001, A.O. Dekkushev, being part of the aforementioned IAF and armed with a firearm—an AK-74 Kalashnikov assault rifle of 5.45 mm caliber with ammunition—took part in combat operations against units of the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation conducting a counter-terrorist operation on the territory of the Chechen Republic, in the area of the Chervlyonnaya station, the villages of Serzhen-Yurt and Shatoy, in the Nadterechny district, while carrying out transportation of IAF participants, delivery of ammunition, food, and various equipment to them in a "Ural" truck assigned to him.
Legal Conclusion
By the actions indicated above, A.O. Dekkushev committed participation in an armed formation not provided for by federal law, that is, a crime provided for by Part 2 of Article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Formation of Organized Group
In July 1999, the leaders of the IAF Islamic Institute "Caucasus," Emir Al-Khattab and Abu Umar, on the territory of the North Caucasian subjects of the Russian Federation, created an organized group, which included members of the aforementioned IAF:
A.O. Dekkushev
A.Sh. Gochiyaev
T.A. Batchaev
Z.A. Batchaev
D.F. Saitakov
Kh.M. Abaev
M.D. Tsokiev
Yu.I. Krymshamkhalov (a resident of the settlement of Mirny, Predgorny district, Stavropol Krai)
Several persons not identified by the investigation.
The plans of this organized group included the commission of a series of acts of terrorism on the territory of the Russian Federation:
Carrying out explosions in populated areas, aimed at the mass death of people and, thereby, the violation of public safety, intimidation of the population, and exerting influence on the decision-making by authorities regarding the liquidation of the consequences of the attack on the Republic of Dagestan planned by that time by the leaders of illegal armed formations based on the territory of the Chechen Republic in August 1999, that is, preventing the authorities from taking measures to displace these IAFs from Dagestan and destroy them.
According to the distribution of duties among the participants of the organized criminal group, Emir Al-Khattab and Abu Umar were assigned an organizing and leading role, as well as financial support for the planned crimes.