Account Details

Another purpose of Dekkushev and I driving up to the GIBDD post in advance was to find out whether the officers of the specified division were working in Kislovodsk that day.

Questions and Answers

Question: Was the police officer who allowed the vehicle with the explosive substance through the GIBDD post aware of the nature of the cargo being transported?

Answer: No, he was told that we were transporting sugar; he did not check the cargo itself.

Question: What reward did the police officer receive for the assistance provided in ensuring the unhindered passage of the vehicle with the explosive substance through the GIBDD post and the escort to the "Realbaza" in the city of Kislovodsk?

Answer: I cannot claim that he was promised any reward in advance for letting the car through the post. As I recall, the question of giving him a bag of sugar was decided upon arrival at "Realbaza". I suggested to Dekkushev that we thank the man for his help and said that maybe someday we would have to turn to him for help for some reason. He agreed, and then we took one of the bags from the warehouse (real sugar was stored there, purchased in the village of Erken-Shakhar and intended for masking the explosive substance we were transporting). We loaded this bag of sugar into a "Moskvich" and Dekkushev took it to the police officer. Here I want to note that, apparently, this officer did travel with us to "Realbaza", as he seems to have left from there together with Dekkushev to go to his home.

Question: In the commission of which acts of terrorism was the explosive substance you transported used?

Answer: All the explosive substance transported by us to "Realbaza" was forwarded by Achemez Gochiyayev to Moscow, and there, by means of it, two residential buildings were blown up (Dekkushev and Timur Batchaev took the explosive substance to Volgodonsk directly from the village of Mirny).