Submitted Materials and Questions

Submitted Materials

The following were submitted for the experts' disposal:
* The protocol of the scene inspection dated September 16, 1999, with appendices.
* Video material filmed at the scene.
* Soil samples.
* Metal fragments and swabs.
* The protocol of the inspection of objects dated September 20, 1999, with appendices.
* The interrogation protocol of suspect Iskanderov [...].
* The interrogation protocol of witness Iskanderova V.V.

Questions for Expert Resolution

The following questions were posed for the experts' resolution:
1. Were the destruction and damage to the objects caused by the action of an explosion?
2. What is the mass and TNT equivalent of the detonated charge?
3. Exactly what explosive substance was used in the explosive device?
4. What is the field of application for this explosive substance?
5. Exactly where was the charge located, what was the construction and method of detonating the explosive device?

STUDIES

1. External Inspection

(conducted by the full commission of experts)

The external inspection was conducted under natural and artificial lighting.
The objects arrived in 5 cardboard boxes, each of which has a number and is sealed with a stamp bearing the inscription:
“KGB USSR Directorate for the Rostov Region — Volgodonsk City Department — For packets No. 1”. The integrity of the boxes and the stamps on them was not compromised.

Upon opening box No. 1, the following was found inside:
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Near Bldgs 50 and 52 Gagarina”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.

Upon opening box No. 2, the following was found inside:
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Near bldg. 54 Gagarina”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Behind the houses on Oktyabrskoye Shosse 30, 31 - Mira 6/27”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Gagarina 70 roof”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Around the roof of house No. 60 Gagarina”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “OVD Attic”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Roof of house No. 37 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.

Upon opening box No. 3, the following was found inside:
* A polymer bag without an inscription, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.

Upon opening box No. 4, the following was found inside:
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Two pipes from the crater at a depth of 2.5 m”, inside of which are two metal sheets.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Bakery premises”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag without an inscription, inside of which is a piece of concrete.
* A polymer bag without an inscription, inside of which are 5 metal fragments.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Fragments from trees at a dist. of 20 to 30 m from the crater”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Box 4”, inside of which are numerous cotton swabs with washings.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Box 4”, inside of which are numerous cotton swabs with washings.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Fragment found on a flattened pipe in the crater at a depth of 2.5 m”, inside of which is a metal fragment.

Upon opening box No. 5, the following was found inside:
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Fragments collected near the radio plant”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Radio plant roof”, inside of which are numerous metal fragments, some of which bear traces of brisant effect.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “OVD Yard”, inside of which is soil.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Edge of the crater”, inside of which is soil.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “20 — 30 m from the crater”, inside of which is soil.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “Soil sample at a great distance from the explosion (> 1 km)”, inside of which is soil.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “OVD Yard from the entrance side”, inside of which is soil.
* A polymer bag with the inscription: “60 — 70 m from the crater”, inside of which is soil.

2. Physical-chemical studies

(conducted by expert Stovbur K.N.)