RESOLUTION

on the severance of a criminal case

City of Moscow, September 9, 2002

Investigator (inquirer): Senior Investigator for Especially Important Cases of the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia, Captain of Justice Ignatyev V.A., having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 103

ESTABLISHED:

• This criminal case was initiated regarding the facts of the explosions on September 8, 13, and 16, 1999, of three residential buildings in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk, i.e., based on the elements of crimes provided for by Articles 105, 205, and 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and the investigation of these acts of terrorism was assigned to the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia.
• During the preliminary investigation, sufficient evidence was obtained that these crimes were committed on the instructions of the leaders of illegal armed formations (IAF) located on the territory of the Chechen Republic, Arab mercenaries Khattab and Abu Umar, by members of the IAF subordinate to them: Gochiyayev A.Sh., Krymshamkhalov Yu.I., Batchayev T.A., Dekushev A.O., Abayev Kh.M., Saitakov D.F., Askhabov Sh.D., Batchayev Z.A., and Tsokiyev M.D., who then fled from the investigation and the court to territory controlled by militants.
• On July 14, 2002, one of the active members of the named criminal group, Dekkushev A.O., was detained and extradited from Georgia to Russia; on the same day, he was charged and a preventive measure in the form of detention was applied. Questioned on the merits of the crimes incriminated to him, Dekkushev pleaded guilty to committing them together with the persons named above and gave detailed testimony about the circumstances of the execution of the order received from Khattab and Abu Umar regarding the explosions of residential buildings in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk.
• Simultaneously, to date, along with the continuation of the search and investigation of the criminal activities of Gochiyayev, Krymshamkhalov, the Batchayevs, Abayev, Saitakov, Askhabov, and Tsokiyev, with the participation of Dekkushev, almost all investigative actions on the merits of the charges brought against him have been completed.