This 2005 report from 'Novaya Gazeta' details joint MVD-FSB operations in Nalchik and Karachaevsk aimed at neutralizing a militant group linked to Aslan Maskhadov and Shamil Basayev. The document explicitly connects the targeted group to Achimez Gochiyayev, the primary suspect in the 1999 Moscow and Volgodonsk apartment bombings, who is described as the leader of the 'Karachay Jamaat.' It notes that while bombing perpetrators Yusuf Krymshamkhalov and Adam Dekkushev are serving life sentences, Gochiyayev remains at large and continues to manage recruiters. A significant discrepancy is noted between officials Arkady Edelev and Yuri Ketov regarding the number of bodies and identifications resulting from the Nalchik assault. Most notably, the document reports an allegation that one of the killed or captured militants was a former Russian special services officer with high honors.