General Prosecutor Investigation Report

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This 2002 report from the General Prosecutor's Office provides a formal summary of the investigations into the 1999 apartment bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk, as well as the Ryazan incident. The document identifies A. Sh. Gochiyayev as the leader of the group responsible for the Moscow and Volgodonsk bombings, acting under the direction of Arab mercenaries Khattab and Abu Umar. It addresses the Ryazan 'training exercise' in detail, asserting that the substance found was sucrose (sugar) rather than hexogen and that the detonator was a non-functional mock-up. The report acknowledges that the Ryazan operation was 'improperly planned' due to the lack of notification to local authorities, but notes that the General Prosecutor’s Office ultimately refused to prosecute FSB officials involved. Key figures mentioned include FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev, State Duma Chairman Gennadiy Seleznyov, and suspects such as Yusuf Krymshamkhalov and Adam Dekkushev.

Events
  • 1999-09-09 - Konstantin Borovoy, member of Duma, warned by GRU that bombings were to take place in Moscow. Passe
  • 1999-09-10 - Someone named "Tatyana Koroleva" arrested in Ryazan for defacing her passport
  • 1999-09-13 - After tip-off, Police find further bombs in Moscow - Borisovskie Prudy and Kapotnya
  • 1999-09-14 - FSB announces another bomb discovered in Borisovskie Prudy, Moscow
  • 1999-09-16 - Volgodonsk apartment bombing kills 17 people.
  • 1999-09-23 - Radio Rossiya announces bomb. Ryazan in full lock-down.
  • 1999-09-24 - Patrushev tells NTV journalist Nikolaev that Ryazan incident was a training exercise.
  • 2000-03-16 - FSB deputy Alexander Shagako states that the bombings used aluminium nitrate, not Hexogen
  • 2002-04-19 - 2nd Duma Vote to create Commission rejected