Investigation Summary

The crimes under investigation were committed regarding the further formation of the evidence base against Gochiyayev, Saitakov, Dekkushev, Batchayev, and Krymshamkhalov.

Detention of Ruslan Magayev

• On November 17, 1999, in the city of Kislovodsk, citizen Ruslan Shamelyevich Magayev was detained.
  • Personal Details:
    • Born: January 29, 1964
    • Ethnicity: Karachay
    • Native of: Mirny settlement, Predgorny District, Stavropol Krai
    • Marital Status: Married
    • Education: Secondary
    • Employment: Temporarily unemployed
    • Prior Convictions: None
    • Residence: KChR [Karachay-Cherkess Republic], Karachayevsk, Semenova St., bldg. 10, apt. 36
• Incident: He transported and temporarily stored, on the territory of Stavropol Krai, together with Krymshamkhalov, Batchayev, and Dekkushev, a batch of explosives used in the apartment bombings in Moscow, using a KAMAZ-53212 truck with license plate A 831 AM 09.

Charges and Preventive Measures

• On November 19, 1999, based on collected evidence (including testimony from witnesses M. Krymshamkhalov, Kardanov, Aliev, Zekeyev, Klychev, Pogosov, Tishin, and inspection of the vehicle), he was charged under:
  • Part 5 of Art. 33 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
  • Part 3 of Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
  • Part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
• On the same day, with the sanction of the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, a preventive measure of detention was applied to him, with confinement in the FSB of Russia's Investigative Isolator [SIZO].
  • The term of detention was extended on January 13, 2000, until March 9 of that year.

Further Findings and Indictments

• Expert examinations of objects seized from Magayev's truck discovered traces of high explosives, which objectively confirms his transportation of the aforementioned batch of explosives.
• Investigative actions during the extended period secured evidence sufficient to bring charges under Part 3 of Art. 205 and Part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation against Krymshamkhalov, Dekkushev, and Batchayev.
• On November 19 of the previous year, resolutions were issued to indict them as defendants in criminal case No. 103, and a preventive measure of detention was chosen for them.
• They have all been placed on the wanted list, the organization of which was entrusted to the 2nd Department of the FSB of Russia.

Current Status and Operations

• Data has been obtained regarding the possible location of the sought defendants in the Chechen Republic, in territory controlled by illegal armed formations.
• Alerts for their detention have been sent to:
  • The Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Chechen Republic
  • All territorial units of the FSB of Russia
• During the investigation period, significant work was performed in the combat zone in Chechnya during the Federal troops' counter-terrorist operation:
  • Several militant bases were inspected, resulting in the seizure of samples of explosives and their mixed components (specialists from military unit 34435 are researching their similarity to the explosives used in the apartment bombings).
  • In the area of the city of Urus-Martan, the location of a base belonging to one of the leaders of the Chechen...