Volume 85

...the others left, but he didn't answer me anything. In the first days of September, Timur Batchaev and I went to Volgodonsk in order to look at the site of the future explosion, to choose a place for parking the vehicle. We arrived at my relative Ansar Bostanov's, but it turned out that he had no space for a truck. We stayed with him for one night and immediately after that went back to Kislovodsk. We did not inform Ansar of our intentions and he did not know about our goal.

Batchaev, Krymshamkhalov, and I discussed the plan for subsequent actions regarding the explosion in Volgodonsk. We decided to buy a truck because we didn't want anyone else to find out about the cargo. Batchaev was supposed to assemble and detonate the explosive device, while Krymshamkhalov and I were to organize the transport of the explosives to the site of the explosion — to the reservoir dam near the city of Volgodonsk.

As far as I remember, Timur and I went to my cousin Temirliev and agreed on the price of the "KAMAZ" and decided that we would give the money later. I don't remember the registration number of the "KAMAZ". I planned to later take money from Abu Umar and pay my brother (Temirliev) for the vehicle. Timur went to the settlement of Mirny in the "KAMAZ", and I went home in the "Moskvich". After some time (I don't remember exactly), I went to the village of Elterkhach, where I purchased potatoes packed in sacks from several (two or three) residents, approximately 1-1.5 tons. I don't remember from whom I bought the potatoes. I hired a "KAMAZ" in Kislovodsk to purchase the potatoes, I don't remember exactly from whom. I brought the potatoes to Krymshamkhalov's house and they were unloaded there. I do not remember under what circumstances and when the "KAMAZ" purchased from Temirliev was loaded with explosives in Krymshamkhalov's yard. Explosives (about 50...