I encountered a foreign-made vehicle, such as a "Gazelle." I paid the driver, but I cannot remember his name or the license plate number, as I did not pay attention to it.
Transactions and Deliveries
Having brought the aluminum powder to Kislovodsk, according to a pre-arranged agreement, we unloaded it in the garage of a private house belonging to Yusuf Krymshamkhalov (Yoska).
Following instructions from Abu Umar, I traveled in a "Moskvich" to the settlement of Erken-Shakhar, where a sugar factory is located.
There, I purchased approximately 5 tons of granulated sugar from a private individual I met by chance.
I transported the sugar in a hired KAMAZ to Kislovodsk and left it in a warehouse belonging to Yusuf Krymshamkhalov's uncle.
Concurrently, someone (unknown to me) brought ammonium nitrate, which, according to the agreement, was unloaded in the shed of the private house of Ansar Karabashev (who had been killed by that time).
Neither Ansar Karabashev's wife, Zukhra, nor her brother knew anything about our preparations.
I also traveled in the "Moskvich" to Erken-Shakhar, where I bought canvas sugar bags from the director of the sugar factory, a Nogai by nationality whose name I did not remember. I then transported these bags to Karabashev's house.
Equipment Purchase
I purchased a bag-sewing machine from a Russian man, about 55 years old, at a collective farm named Yutsa near Essentuki.
Initially, he gave me a faulty machine, stating we could use it if we could fix it.
Despite seeking help from Yoska's acquaintances knowledgeable in technology, we were unable to fix it.
We subsequently took a second machine from this man.
Arrival of Individuals
Shortly before this, the Batchayev brothers—Timur and Zaur—arrived from Chechnya, along with an Ingush unknown to me and a Tatar named Islam (I testified about them in the previous interrogation).
They all settled at Yoska's house; at the same time, I note that they immediately set a condition that no one should know about their arrival or what they would be doing.