Appendix 42

DECREE

on bringing as an accused

Moscow, April 18, 2003

Investigator (inquirer), Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Department for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, Senior Counselor of Justice I.I. Zipunnikov, having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 18/230300-02,

HAS ESTABLISHED:

On December 7, 2002, Yusuf Krymshamkhalov was charged with terrorism and the illegal acquisition, storage, and transportation of explosive substances and explosive devices, i.e., with committing crimes provided for by Part 3 of Article 205 and Part 3 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, in connection with the explosions of residential buildings in Moscow on September 8 and 13, 1999. Currently, sufficient evidence has been collected in the criminal case to provide grounds for changing and supplementing the charges previously brought against Yusuf Krymshamkhalov and bringing a new charge against him in the following wording:

In July 1999, the leaders of the illegal armed formation (IAF) Islamic Institute 'Caucasus,' which operated in the Chechen Republic, foreign citizens Emir Al-Khattab and Abu Umar, created an organized group on the territory of the North Caucasian subjects of the Russian Federation, which included members of the aforementioned IAF:
* Adam Dekkushev
* Achimez Gochiyayev
* T.A. Batchaev
* Z.A. Batchaev
* Denis Saitakov
* Kh.M. Abaev
* M.D. Tsokiev
as well as a resident of the settlement of Mirny, Predgorny District, Stavropol Krai, Yusuf Krymshamkhalov, and several persons unidentified by the investigation. The plans of this organized group included committing a series of acts of terrorism on the territory of the Russian Federation — carrying out explosions in populated areas aimed at mass loss of life and, thereby, violating public safety, intimidating the population, and exerting influence on decision-making by government authorities to eliminate the consequences of-