Case Proceedings Summary

• On September 22, 1999, the criminal cases mentioned above were merged into a single proceeding under No. 103.
• On September 16, 1999, criminal case No. 173 was initiated regarding the explosion in the courtyard of residential building No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse in the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov Region.
• On August 8, 2002, this criminal case was merged into a single proceeding with the aforementioned criminal case No. 103.

Investigation Findings

During the investigation of the criminal case, it was established that the terrorist acts—the bombings of residential buildings in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk in September 1999—were committed by an organized criminal group, whose members were leaders and participants of illegal armed formations operating on the territory of the Chechen Republic:

• Emir Al-Khattab
• Abu Umar
• Yusuf Krymshamkhalov
• Adam Dekkushev
• Achimez Gochiyayev
• Denis Saitakov
• Batchaev T.A.
• Batchaev Z.A.
• Abaev Kh.M.
• Tsokiev M.D.
• and a number of other persons unidentified by the investigation.

Legal Actions Taken

• November 19, 1999: Decrees were issued in the case to charge Yusuf Krymshamkhalov as an accused of terrorism and the illegal acquisition, storage, and transportation of explosives and explosive devices under Part 3 of Article 205 and Part 3 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, to select a preventive measure against him in the form of detention, and to declare him wanted.
• December 7, 2002: Yusuf Krymshamkhalov was detained by law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Georgia on the territory of that state and handed over to the Russian Federation. On the same day, he was charged, and detention was chosen as a preventive measure against him.
• April 18, 2003: Yusuf Krymshamkhalov was presented with a new charge of committing crimes provided for by:
  • Part 2 of Article 208
  • Part 3 of Article 222
  • Part 3 of Article 223
  • Part 3 of Article 205
  • paragraphs "a", "v", "d", "e", "zh", and "n" of Part 2 of Article 105
  • Part 3 of Article 30
  • paragraphs "a", "v", "d", "e", "zh", and "n" of Part 2 of Article 105
  • Part 2 of Article 322
  • Part 2 of Article 291
  • Part 1 of Article 30
  • Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

He is accused, in particular, of the fact that in July-September 1999, as part of an organized group consisting of leaders and participants of illegal armed formations operating on the territory of the Chechen Republic, he illegally acquired and manufactured, stored, and transported explosives and explosive devices by road from the territory of the Stavropol Krai to Moscow and Volgodonsk, where then, using these explosives and explosive devices, he carried out terrorist acts—the bombings on September 8 and 13, 1999, of residential buildings No. 19 on Guryanova St. and No. 6 building 3 on Kashirskoye Shosse in Moscow, and on September 16, 1999, near residential building No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse in Volgodonsk, as a result of which 243 people died and more than 1,500 people received injuries of varying degrees of severity or suffered to one degree or another, receiving moral trauma, while the state and citizens, in connection with the destruction and damage...