Damage Assessment

...damage in the amount of no less than 131,036,671 (one hundred thirty-one million thirty-six thousand six hundred seventy-one) rubles.

Incident Details

On September 16, 1999, at approximately 6:00 AM, A.O. Dekkushev, Yu.I. Krymshamkhalov, and T.A. Batchaev detonated a high-power improvised explosive device with a delayed-action electric detonator and an electronic timer. The device was located in the van of a "GAZ-53" vehicle they had purchased, parked at entrance No. 4 of building No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Highway in the city of Volgodonsk.

The explosion resulted in:
* 19 people died.
* 1,045 people received injuries of varying degrees of severity or suffered to one degree or another, having received moral trauma.
* Significant material damage to the state and citizens due to the destruction and damage of residential buildings adjacent to the epicenter of the explosion, amounting to no less than 337,604,000 (three hundred thirty-seven million six hundred four thousand) rubles.

Criminal Charges

By the actions indicated above, A.O. Dekkushev, as part of an organized group, repeatedly committed terrorism—explosions creating a danger of loss of life, causing significant property damage, and the occurrence of other socially dangerous consequences, for the purpose of violating public safety, intimidating the population, and exerting influence on decision-making by government bodies. This constitutes a crime provided for by Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Illegal Activities

In addition, in October 1999, to participate in combat operations against units of the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Chechen Republic, A.O. Dekkushev:

• Illegally received a firearm—a Kalashnikov AK-74 assault rifle, 5.45 mm caliber, and over 180 rounds of ammunition for it—from an unidentified person at the IAF [Illegal Armed Formation] base Islamic Institute "Caucasus" near the village of Serzhen-Yurt.
• Illegally stored and carried these items between October 1999 and February 2001.
• As a member of an illegal armed formation operating on the territory of the Chechen Republic, he illegally transported ammunition, explosives, and various weapons on the instructions of IAF leaders using a "Ural" truck to militant positions near the villages of Chervlyonnaya, Serzhen-Yurt, and Shatoy, and in the Nadterechny district.

By his actions related to the acquisition, under the circumstances set forth above during the preparation and commission of terrorist acts, during the period of participation in the IAF, of explosives and means for their detonation, an assault rifle and cartridges for it, their storage-