Subsequently, he came by several more times and once he suggested that I join him in selling mineral water and asked me to find water for him.
A fellow countryman of mine named Raul Chinchikov worked at my company; I assigned this matter to him, and thereafter Raul handled all the work from my company with Ramazan.
Our work went normally; Ramazan paid on time, and there were no problems.
After some time, Ramazan asked me to help him rent premises for warehouses in the south of Moscow and in the city of Ryazan; he said that he had good sales points in those areas.
I asked Raul to look for these premises; he found many options and proposed them to Ramazan, who in turn selected suitable premises, and the two of them rented them with my money for the rent of these premises.
Ramazan personally rented these premises under his own company.
The Explosion and Subsequent Events
When the explosion occurred in the building on Guryanova, I was visiting someone, and Ramazan called me on my mobile, saying that he had an urgent matter and we needed to meet; he asked where I was, calling towards morning around 5 o'clock; I told him I would go myself and started getting ready.
And when I was already about to leave the house, I saw on the news on TV what had happened. I immediately went...
Disputing FSB Evidence
On the FSB website, a photograph of a young man in a black cap with a beard is posted, and the FSB presents this photograph as evidence in its favor; I declare that this is a lie—the person depicted in this photograph is not me.
This can be verified even if one carefully compares my photograph and the photograph of this person.
Furthermore, an expert examination was conducted, the results of which proved that this person is not me.
It is on such blatant lies that the FSB builds all the accusations against me.
Television Appearance and Witness Testimony
Immediately after the bombings, my photograph was shown on television, and it was said that this was a photograph of the person who rented these premises, and allegedly this was a photograph from a photocopy of a passport left in one of the realtor offices.
But this photograph is identical to the photograph in my actual passport, and as we all know, when a person receives a passport, a copy of the photograph remains in the passport office, and when the FSB was fabricating this case against me, it was not difficult for them to take a copy of the photograph and show it on television.
There is an important fact here: the testimony of the person who rented out the premises on Guryanova.
He did not recognize the person to whom he rented his premises in my photograph, but Ramazan Dyshekov fits the description of the appearance of the person to whom he rented his premises; I think if he were shown a photograph of Ramazan, then he...
Elimination of Witness and Family Pressure
...killed, and they tried to burn the body. Thus, the FSB eliminated the main witness in this case.
My relatives and friends are subjected to the harshest pressure from the FSB; they are constantly interrogated and searched.
My sister was forced to leave the republic after FSB officers took her and her young daughter to a cemetery and, threatening to kill the child, demanded that she give an interview to the press saying that I am a mentally unstable person and that I did it; fearing for the lives of her children, she was forced to leave.
Hiding and Connections
...I live and returned to Karachay-Cherkessia.
At home, from my brother, who at that time worked in the criminal investigation department, I learned that they were searching for me intensely and that they had an unofficial order from Moscow not to take me alive, and from that time until today I have been forced to hide.
Now I know that Ramazan Dyshekov officially works for the FSB; at that time, no one could even guess any of his connections with the FSB—he was a deep-cover agent then.
Raul Chinchikov, who handled business with Ramazan on behalf of my company, was killed a short time after these events; his body was found in the settlement of "Moskovsky" in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic; his...