Vremya Novostey Investigation Summary

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This April 2003 newspaper report from 'Vremya Novostey' details the official completion of the investigation into the September 1999 apartment bombings in Moscow and Volgodonsk. The Prosecutor General's Office identified Achimez Gochiyayev as the organizer, acting on orders and funding from Chechen militant leader Khattab through an organization called 'Muslim Society No. 3.' The report focuses on the two primary defendants in custody, Adam Dekkushev and Yusuf Krymshamkhalov, who were extradited from Georgia in 2002. Notably, the investigation claims the bombs were a mixture of saltpeter and aluminum powder supplied with hexogen, disguised in sugar bags. The article mentions that other key suspects, including Denis Saitakov and Khakim Abayev, are believed to have been killed in Chechnya, though their bodies have not been recovered. A significant claim from Dekkushev's lawyer is that the Volgodonsk attackers originally intended to blow up a dam to stop federal troops, but later shifted the target to a residential building.

Events
  • 1999-09-08 - Novaya Gazeta receives phone call warning of bombings
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