Events Leading to the Incident

• After this, in the "Moskvich" I had purchased, these individuals transported aluminum powder from Yoska's house to the Karabashevs' house.
• There, using a concrete mixer borrowed from someone (I do not know who borrowed it or from whom), they began preparing a mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder.
• At that time, Yoska and I understood from the conversations that explosives were being prepared, but we assumed they were intended for Chechnya.

Transporting the Explosives

• Then, after some time, Achimez Gochiyayev arrived for the explosives, and I had an argument with him because he said he would not take all of the prepared explosive mixture.
• I believed that by doing this, he would endanger many innocent people.
• However, he insisted, and then for 200 rubles per day, we hired a KAMAZ from a Karachay man living in the village of Mirny (here I want to note that this person knew nothing about the impending crime and thought there was sugar in the bags), and on it, we transported all the prepared substance to a warehouse where the sugar I had purchased in Erken-Shakhar was already stored.
• From there, as I later learned, the explosives and sugar were taken away and reloaded into another vehicle at a heavy truck parking lot.
• I know nothing about who did this, who negotiated with the drivers, or who carried out the loading.

Decision to Travel to Moscow

• At that time, due to my disagreement with Gochiyayev's position, I left for Chechnya, but there Abu Umar told me that I must return to Kislovodsk, take the explosives left behind by him, transport them to Russia, and blow up some market in order to influence the country's leadership to stop military actions against the mujahideen in Dagestan (I want to note that at this time, events in the Dagestani villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi had already begun).
• There, upon learning that explosions had occurred in Moscow and that Gochiyayev was involved in them, I realized that the explosives prepared with my participation had been transported by the latter to Moscow.

Agreement to Carry Out the Mission

• Realizing that after everything that had been done there was no turning back for me, I agreed to carry out this instruction from Abu Umar and proposed to carry out an explosion at

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