Terrorist Acts in Russia

In September 1999, A.O. Dekkushev, implementing the plans of an organized group to carry out a series of large-scale acts of terrorism in the Russian Federation for the purpose of intimidating the population and influencing decision-making by government bodies, and acting together with Yu.I. Krymshamkhalov, T.A. Batchaev, A.Sh. Gochiyayev, Z.A. Batchaev, D.F. Saitakov, Kh.M. Abaev, M.D. Tsokiev and unidentified persons, personally and with the direct execution of the above-named participants of the organized group, committed, using explosives and means of detonation manufactured and delivered by them to the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk, explosions of two residential apartment buildings with people inside in the city of Moscow and the detonation of a high-power explosive device near a residential apartment building with people inside in the city of Volgodonsk.

Moscow Explosion (September 8, 1999)

On September 8, 1999, at approximately 24:00, A.Sh. Gochiyayev, Z.A. Batchaev, D.F. Saitakov, Kh.M. Abaev and unidentified persons, using a high-power improvised explosive device with an electric delay detonator and an electronic timer, located in non-residential premises on the 1st floor of building No. 19 on Guryanova St. in Moscow rented by A.Sh. Gochiyayev, committed an explosion of this 9-story 6-entrance residential building.

The consequences included:
* 100 people died.
* 690 people received injuries of varying degrees of severity or suffered in one way or another, having received moral trauma.
* Significant material damage in the amount of at least 360,221,700 (three hundred sixty million two hundred twenty-one thousand seven hundred) rubles was caused to the state and citizens in connection with the destruction of residential buildings No. 19 and No. 17 on Guryanova St. and damage to residential buildings adjacent to the epicenter of the explosion.

Volgodonsk Explosion (September 13, 1999)

On September 13, 1999, at approximately 5:00 AM, A.Sh. Gochiyayev, Z.A. Batchaev, D.F. Saitakov, Kh.M. Abaev and unidentified persons, using a high-power improvised explosive device with an electric delay detonator and an electronic timer, located in a rented non-residential basement of building No. 6 building 3 on Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow, committed an explosion of this 8-story residential building.

The consequences included:
* 124 people died.
* 7 people received injuries of varying degrees of severity.
* Significant material damage was caused to the state and citizens in connection with the destruction of this building and damage to residential buildings adjacent to the epicenter of the explosion.