Testimony Report

Detailing my testimony given at the previous interrogation, I wish to report the following.

Meeting Adam Dekkushev

• I met Adam Dekkushev either in the spring or early summer of 1999 at the madrasa in the village of Uchkeken, Malokarachayevsky district, Karachay-Cherkess Republic.
• The madrasa was located in a one-story building opposite the "White House"—the local administration building.
• I visited this madrasa from time to time to pick up literature on Islam or to find out something of interest to me.
• I want to clarify that I did not have a strong passion for religion, but I was already beginning to join it.
• My relationship with Adam was simply that of acquaintances.
• Several times I gave him a ride in my "Audi" car; he knew where I lived, and I knew where he lived.

Business Opportunity

• One day he came to my house and said that there was an opportunity to go into business—to produce paint.
• At that time, I was, so to speak, "broke"; I was even forced to give up my car for debts, and therefore I agreed.
• Adam said that we needed a space to set up a workshop there.
• At my suggestion, we immediately went to look at a burned-out workshop building where penoplen (polyethylene foam) had previously been produced.
• This building was located near the Mirny settlement, not far from my house.
• My father worked as a watchman in this workshop and died in a fire in his watchman's hut.
• The director there was a resident of Kislovodsk, Akhmad Aliev, who was very kind to our family, and I expected that if I turned to him for help, he would not refuse me.
• However, we did not like the premises because they were very dirty and smelled strongly of dirt.

Other Premises Considered

• Next, we looked at the premises of a former workshop in the Mirny settlement.
• At that time, it housed an enterprise for the production of sintepon (synthetic padding), belonging to a resident of Mirny, Bashir Khubiev.
• We also rejected this space, but I don't remember for what reason.
• In my opinion, a conversation with the owner never took place.
• In the end, we found a shed in the yard of Zukhra Karabasheva, who is my distant relative by marriage.