Interrogation Transcript

Questions and Answers

• Question: [explosive] substance from the traffic police post to 'Realbase' in Kislovodsk. When was it decided to pay for Lyubichev's 'services', who made such a decision and when exactly?

  • Answer: I don't know in what capacity Yoska gave Lyubichev a bag of sugar. I know of their good relations in the city of Kislovodsk, and I cannot say whether he gave him the bag of sugar just like that, or for the escort.

• Question: Show at what point Yusuf Krymshamkhalov handed over the bag of sugar to Lyubichev and in what manner?

  • Answer: He was driving ahead of us. Approximately 50-100 meters before 'Realbase', the 'Kamaz' stopped and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov took a bag of sugar out of the 'Kamaz', which he put in the trunk of my car as a sign of gratitude to Lyubichev for helping us transport [the cargo]. I don't remember now whether Yusuf Krymshamkhalov said anything to Lyubichev at that time or not.

• Question: What was the bag of sugar handed over by Yusuf Krymshamkhalov to Lyubichev for escorting the 'Kamaz' with explosive material?

  • Answer: It was a factory-made 50-kilogram bag.

• Question: Where did Yusuf Krymshamkhalov get this bag of sugar?

  • Answer: He took it out of the back of the 'Kamaz'. There were about 5-6 bags of sugar there.

• Question: In the commission of which acts of terrorism was the explosive material used, in the unhindered transport of which to the territory of the city of Kislovodsk Lyubichev S.S. assisted you?

  • Answer: This explosive was used in the bombings in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk.

• Question: When were these bombings carried out?

  • Answer: In September 1999.

• Question: Were you previously acquainted with Lyubichev S.S.? Did you have any relationship?

  • Answer: Previously, I did not know Lyubichev personally. I saw him in the city of Kislovodsk when I previously traveled with Yoska. He often talked to him. There was absolutely no relationship between us.

• Question: Did Yusuf Krymshamkhalov tell you anything about the fact that he had pre-arranged with the police officer — Lyubichev S.S. for the escort of the cargo of explosive material?

  • Answer: I cannot say for sure, as I do not remember Yusuf Krymshamkhalov saying anything to me about it.

• Question: Where is your 'Moskvich' car currently located, in which Lyubichev, together with you, escorted the 'Kamaz' vehicle with the explosive material?

  • Answer: On September 16, 1999, I arrived in Chechnya and gave the car to Abu-Umar, as the car did not belong to me. I do not know where the 'Moskvich' car is currently located.