The Next Morning

The next morning, the conversation about the dam arose again, and between Adam and Timur it was very nervous. I did not take part in the discussion as such, but just stood nearby. At the end of the conversation, Batchaev got angry and told Dekkushev: "I will set up what you need for you, and do whatever you want with this car, but we are leaving." After that, Timur climbed into the back of the GAZ (he had no bundles or packages with him at the time), came out after a few minutes, and he and I began to get ready.

In the first half of the day, we left the territory of the motor transport enterprise in the KAMAZ (Dekkushev remained there with the GAZ and the "Moskvich") and drove into the first courtyard we came across, where there were many multi-story buildings. There, Timur and I began to sell the potatoes remaining in the KAMAZ, as we needed money and, besides, it was a pity to dump them out. In about an hour or two, we sold all the potatoes. Two police officers approached us during this, checked our documents and, after we said that we had already been taken to the station once, they left.

Having finished the trade, Timur and I left Volgodonsk in the KAMAZ. As I learned later from Dekkushev's words, he asked the man who sold us the GAZ-53 to park this vehicle near his house, where it exploded the next day.

Questions and Answers

Question: Based on your testimony and taking into account that the explosion of the vehicle near the residential building in the city of Volgodonsk occurred on the morning of September 16, 1999, then your arrival in Volgodonsk with Timur Batchaev in the KAMAZ loaded with explosives occurred on September 11, 1999.

Answer: If I remember everything correctly, then that is exactly so.

Question: Explain why it was necessary to buy a GAZ-53 and transfer the explosive substance into it from the KAMAZ, and then drive the KAMAZ back to Karachaevsk?