TRAFFIC COP GUILTY IN MOSCOW AND VOLGODONSK TERRORIST ATTACKS

Svetlana MASTERKOVA
February 27, 15:02

An officer of the Kislovodsk Department of Internal Affairs (OVD) Traffic Police (GIBDD), whose name is not disclosed, is accused of aiding terrorists who blew up residential buildings in Moscow and Volgodonsk. The Stavropol Krai Prosecutor's Office has transferred the defendant's case to the Kislovodsk City Court.

According to the regional prosecutor's office, the policeman is accused of:
* Facilitating the unhindered entry into Kislovodsk in August 1999 of a KAMAZ truck loaded with 6 tons of hexogen.
* Personally accompanying its movement.

A month later, the contents of the truck were used by terrorists for attacks.

Recall that the explosions in Moscow occurred on September 8 and 13, 1999.
* Two residential buildings were blown up in the Russian capital: at 19 Guryanova Street and 3 Kashirskoye Highway.
* As a result, 228 people died, including 21 children.

In Volgodonsk, the explosion occurred on September 16, 1999, resulting in 19 deaths, including two children.

As the "Novye Izvestia" publication reported a year ago, State Duma Speaker Gennadiy Seleznyov was notified of the upcoming event in Volgodonsk three days before the incident. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky reported that on September 13, 1999, at a meeting of the Duma Council, one of the secretariat staff brought Seleznyov a note, which the speaker read out to those present. It spoke of an allegedly occurred terrorist attack, but this information did not receive wide publicity.

Zhirinovsky stated: "Someone from the secretariat brought the note. Apparently, they called to warn the speaker about such a turn of events. Seleznyov read us the news about the explosion, then we began to wait for reports about the incident in Volgodonsk in the TV news. And after it happened three days later, I was the only one who asked the speaker about it at the plenary session on September 17, 1999."

Currently, the traffic police officer has been charged under:
* Part 1 of Art. 285 (use by an official of his official powers contrary to the interests of the service, committed out of personal interest and entailing significant violations of the state's interests protected by law).
* Art. 290 - receipt of a bribe by an official for illegal actions.

The organizers of the crime, commissioned by Chechen extremists, were Yusuf Krymshamkhalov and Adam Dekkushev.

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