English translation

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On the merits of the questions asked

Question: Tell us in detail under what circumstances your report to Abu Umar took place regarding the explosion of a residential building in Volgodonsk on September 16, 1999, carried out by you, Timur Batchaev, and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov?

Answer: On the afternoon of September 16, 1999, when the explosion in Volgodonsk occurred, I had already arrived in Serzhen-Yurt in my "Moskvich". I stopped by the camp where the emir (commander) was the Arab Abu Umar, about whom I have already given testimony. Timur Batchaev and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov were already there. We met and talked. They said that they had parked the "KAMAZ" at my house in Karachaevsk, as we had agreed. I told them that within 3 days they needed to bring the money for the "KAMAZ". I learned that in this same camp, in the place where the Karachays lived, there were people who went with Achemez Gochiyayev to Moscow to blow up houses. I don't know when or how they arrived from Moscow, but they got there very quickly, probably using a plane. As far as I know, with Achemez were:
* a Tatar named Islam (as I later learned, his name is Denis Saitakov)
* Zaur Batchaev
* Hakim Abaev

The Ingush, about whom I gave testimony, who took part in the manufacture of the explosive substance for Moscow and Volgodonsk, did not go to Moscow with Gochiyayev. Immediately after the manufacture of the explosives, he left for Chechnya.

I spoke about money with Achemez and Hakim Abaev, but they refused to help me, saying that they did all this for the sake of Allah, and not for money. They didn't tell me anything about the details of the explosions in Moscow. When I went to Abu Umar, he already knew about the explosion in Volgodonsk; Batchaev and Yoska [Yusuf] had already informed him. He reacted to my words calmly, as if