Interview Transcript

Questions and Answers

Question: Why did Adam Dekkushev not participate in all the physical work that you carried out with Batchaev – lining the body of the GAZ-53 and transferring the explosive from one vehicle to another?

Answer: When lining the body of the GAZ-53 with boards, his help was not necessary, and at the moment of transferring the explosive from vehicle to vehicle, he was in the booth with the watchman. As I understood it, this was done so that the watchman would not be interested in the transfer process.

Question: Explain why Dekkushev, neither in the village of Mirny, nor in Kislovodsk, nor in Volgodonsk, ever participated in heavy physical work during the manufacture and transportation of explosives?

Answer: Regarding Volgodonsk, I explained in the answer to the previous question. As for Mirny and Kislovodsk, I don't remember whether Dekkushev participated in the work or not, and therefore I cannot explain anything.

Question: Explain, when packing the explosive components brought by Dekkushev and "Salekh" and manufactured in the summer of 1999, were any other objects placed in the bags?

Answer: I was not present during the entire manufacturing process of the explosive in the village of Mirny in the summer of 1999, and in my presence, nothing else besides the resulting mixture was put into the bags.

Question: During the process of transferring the manufactured explosive from a KAMAZ truck to a GAZ-53 truck in the city of Volgodonsk, did you have the opportunity to observe all of Batchaev's actions in the body of the GAZ?

Answer: The vehicles were parked "back-to-back" against each other, the lighting was poor and, moreover, there was dust in the air from the substance being poured by Batchaev. All this made it impossible for me to observe all of Timur's actions.

Additional Note:
I cannot say why this was done, but it seems to me that the decision about this was made by Adam Dekkushev.