Regarding the issue of concluding a contract with citizen Vladimir Ivanovich Shishkov

I can explain the following. On July 15, 1999, during lunchtime, two unknown men of non-Russian nationality came to our office located at 27 Pervomaysky Avenue.

• The first was of medium height, about 170 cm, slightly plump, about 40 years old, with a broad Caucasian-type face, a straight nose, dark eyes, a short haircut, dark straight hair, in my opinion with a receding hairline. He did not have a mustache. He was dressed, in my opinion, in a black and white shirt and trousers, the color of which I do not remember.
• The second was also about 170 cm, of thin build, hair either light or graying, wavy, possibly with small receding hairlines in the frontal area. His age was about 35 years, possibly a little more.

I remembered both men and can recognize them. They began to inquire about the provision of mobile communication. I spoke with them myself. I gave them a consultation and they settled on purchasing mobile communication - 'Standard NMT-450' and a Nokia-440 handset costing 4800 rubles. Considering that for residents of the Stavropol Territory the prepayment is about 1500 rubles, and for residents of other regions 10000 rubles, I asked the clients if they had a Stavropol 'propiska' (residency registration) and explained the above conditions to them. The men replied that their registration was not local, but they would find someone from their relatives or acquaintances with a local registration.

After the clients left, I began typing the contract on the computer. After about 30 minutes, the men returned and on a pink piece of paper gave me the details of Vladimir Ivanovich Shishkov, registered in Kislovodsk, 2 Eskova St., apt. 2. Although the passport of this citizen was not presented to me, I believed the clients and drew up contract No. GK-14 with the specified citizen based on the data written on the piece of paper. This piece of paper was not preserved.

At the moment when I was processing the contract, the director Zaur Khyzyrovich Dzhadtoev was not at the workplace. I signed both the contract and the attached invoice on behalf of the client V.I. Shishkov myself, because the first of the men, smiling, asked me to do so, and I, thinking nothing bad, signed on behalf of the client. According to the first contract GK-14, the mobile subscriber received the number: 498-24-61.

August 5, 1999

On August 5, 1999, at about 12 o'clock, the above-mentioned men came to our office again. At this time, besides me, Zarima Dakhirovna Bulkaeva, who works in the same position as I do, was in the office. The clients said they wanted to purchase another handset. Near the display case where Zarima was, the men chose another 'Sotel' handset.

At this time, Z.Kh. Dzhadtoev entered the hall and greeted the first of the men, and a short conversation took place between them. At this time, I was sitting at the table and did not hear what they were talking about. Then, when the men approached me, I asked the clients in whose name they would register the handset, and they left again and, returning half an hour later, handed me the details of Marina Petrovna Melnikova, registered in Kislovodsk, 5 Kutuzova St., apt. 5, on a piece of paper. I again drew up a contract under No. GK-21 and an invoice for it No. GK-21/1. The first of the clients behaved very confidently, especially since before that I saw how he talked in a friendly manner with our director, so when he again asked to sign for him in the documents, I, suspecting nothing bad, put the signature.