with the help of an interpreter free of charge; to use the help of a defense counsel, including free of charge in cases provided for by the CCP RF [Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation].
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On the merits of the questions asked

(questions and answers to them are recorded in the sequence in which they occurred during the interrogation)

Question: During the interrogation on July 22, 2002, you began giving testimony about the criminal group that organized and carried out acts of terrorism in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk in September 1999. Continue your testimony.

Answer: After a quarrel with Gochiyayev, I went to Chechnya and met with Abu Umar, who suggested that I take the remaining explosives, buy two cheap cars, fill them with explosives and blow them up in any crowded place, for example, a market, in a large city like Rostov or Krasnodar. He explained to me that this was necessary in order to force the Russian leadership to stop the troops that had already moved from the territory of Dagestan into the territory of Chechnya. I refused, saying that it would be better to blow up the dam near Volgodonsk, as I know those places well. I did not want people to die in the process. Abu Umar said: "Blow up whatever you want." After the conversation, on the same day, I left by taxi for Kislovodsk. I met there with Krymshamkhalov Yoska and Batchayev Timur. They informed me that the others had left with Gochiyayev, but they did not tell me where—perhaps they did not know. As far as I remember, during the conversation I told them that I had received an assignment from Abu Umar to blow up the dam in Volgodonsk. As I understood, Batchayev Timur (whose Muslim name is Abdurakhim) knew how to use explosives; he told me so himself. Shortly after this conversation (I don't remember how much time had passed), I stopped by the home of Mukhtar Bostanov, who lives in Karachaevsk (I don't remember the exact address, somewhere in an alley near Lenin Street) and asked for the address of his