Ryazan Incident and FSB Investigation
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This collection of documents from September 1999 covers the aftermath of the apartment bombings in Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk, including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's speech to the State Duma. Key focus is given to the Ryazan incident, where FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev claimed a thwarted bombing was actually a 'training exercise' involving FSB employees and sacks of sugar, despite local police detecting hexogen (RDX) vapors. Investigative reports highlight the discovery of hexogen-laden sugar bags marked from the 'Erkenshakhar' factory and identify primary suspects such as Achimez Gochiyayev (using the identity of the deceased Mukhit Laipanov), Denis Saitakov, Yusuf Krymshamkhalov, and Adam Dekkushev. Notably, Novaya Gazeta journalist Vyacheslav Izmailov details a case of alleged foreknowledge involving Alexander Kapanadze, a source who reportedly warned of ten planned explosions before disappearing from MVD custody. The documents also explore historical precedents involving the Lanako firm and Maxim Lazovsky, and the controversial private control of explosive production via Nitro-Vzryv JSC.
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- 1999-03-19 - Bombing of market in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, kills 70
- 1999-09-04 - Buynansk, Dagestan, apartment bombing kills 64
- 1999-09-09 - Konstantin Borovoy, member of Duma, warned by GRU that bombings were to take place in Moscow. Passe
- 1999-09-09 - Moscow apartment bombing kills 106 people. Guryanova Street. Just after midnight
- 1999-09-14 - Putin says FSB sure Osama bin Laden behind the bombings
- 1999-09-22 - Ryazan. Local resident calls police - suspect activity in basement
- 1999-09-23 - Radio Rossiya announces bomb. Ryazan in full lock-down.