Testimony and Allegations

• Reported to the police duty services, ambulance, and 911 rescue service about possible explosions at the addresses Borisovskie Prudy Street and Kapotnya.

This part of Gochiyaev's testimony is the most important. It was he who warned the authorities about two other premises, in Kapotnya and on Borisovskie Prudy (where warehouses with explosives and six timers were later discovered) and thereby prevented new terrorist attacks.

Gochiyaev also denies that he is connected with Basayev and Khattab, that he underwent training in a camp in Urus-Martan, and that he received financial reward for the bombings.

Gochiyaev claims that there is an FSB order "not to take him alive," citing information from his relative - a police officer in the city of Karachaevsk.

According to Gochiyaev, his sister was subjected to beatings by the FSB in order to give knowingly false testimony against him.

Recommendations

• Confirm Gochiyaev's biographical data specified in the explanation (studies, military service, places of residence and work in Moscow). [Handwritten note: confirmed]

• Conduct a comprehensive investigation of the episode with the discovery of explosive devices in Kapotnya and on Borisovskie Prudy. In particular, find out who and under what circumstances reported these addresses. Request and listen to tape recordings of reports on September 13, 1999, in the duty services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, ambulance, and rescue service. [Handwritten note: conducted, but...]

• Find out which law enforcement units responded to these signals. Establish the reasons why, after the discovery of explosives and 6 ready-to-use timers for explosive devices on Borisovskie Prudy and in Kapotnya, an ambush was not set up to detain the terrorists, but instead information about the finds was given to the media. [Handwritten note: +]

• Establish Gochiyaev's mobile phone number and obtain call logs for September 1999. Find out who called Gochiyaev around five o'clock in the morning on September 9, 1999. [Handwritten note: no authority]

• Interview Gochiyaev's acquaintances in Moscow to establish his whereabouts from September 8 to 13, 1999, and assess his psychological state at the time of the terrorist attacks. [Handwritten note: l.e. ?]

• Check whether Gochiyaev's company "Kapstroy-2000" was registered in Moscow. Study Gochiyaev's business operations in Moscow starting from June 1999. In particular, check the deal with mineral water, which, according to Gochiyaev, was concluded with a person whom he