DECREE on the appointment of a complex forensic examination

Moscow
“18” July 2002

Investigator (inquirer) Senior Investigator of the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia, Captain of Justice Romanovsky V.V.

having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 103

HAS ESTABLISHED:

• Adam Osmanovich Dekkushev has been charged with the commission, as part of an organized group, of the bombings of two residential buildings in Moscow, which caused significant property damage and resulted in the deaths of a large number of people, as well as the commission, as part of an organized group, of the illegal acquisition, storage, and transportation of explosives and explosive devices, i.e., the commission of crimes provided for by Part 3 of Art. 205 and Part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
• Regarding the charges brought against him, A.O. Dekkushev pleaded fully guilty and testified that in the summer of 1999, while on the territory of Chechnya, he received instructions from the leaders of illegal armed groups (IAG) Khattab and Abu Umar to purchase aluminum powder in Volgograd, which he did, delivering it to the settlement of Mirny near Kislovodsk. He also delivered sugar bags he had purchased in the settlement of Erken-Shakhar to the same location. Later, using a concrete mixer, aluminum powder and ammonium nitrate were mixed, resulting in the production of an explosive substance (BB). Part of the explosives, packed in the purchased sugar bags, was delivered to Moscow, where it was used to blow up residential buildings in September 1999.
• The remaining explosives (about 5 tons) were delivered by A.O. Dekkushev, along with T. Batchayev and Yu. Krymshamkhalov, on the instructions of Abu Umar, by a KAMAZ truck to

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• What are the individual psychological characteristics of the accused Dekkushev A.O. and are there any among them that could have prevented him from realizing the significance of his illegal actions?
• Does the accused Dekkushev A.O. have such psychological characteristics as increased suggestibility and submissiveness?
• Could the individual psychological characteristics of the accused Dekkushev A.O. have had a significant influence on his behavior during the commission of the acts incriminated to him?

Instructions

1. Provide the experts with the following materials: criminal case No. 103 according to the attached inventory.
   (specifically which ones)

2. Instruct ____________
   (specifically whom)
   to explain to the experts the rights and duties provided for by Art. 57 of the CPC of the RF, and to warn them of criminal liability under Art. 307 of the CC of the RF for providing a knowingly false conclusion.

Investigator (inquirer) [signature]
(signature)

The rights and duties provided for by Art. 57 of the CPC of the RF have been explained to me on " " ______ [year]. At the same time, I have been warned of criminal liability under Art. 307 of the CC of the RF for providing a knowingly false conclusion.

Experts: __________
(signature)

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STATE SCIENTIFIC CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
named after V.P. Serbsky
July 23, 2002

ACT No. 581/a
Of the outpatient complex forensic psychological-psychiatric examination of the subject Adam Osmanovich Dekkushev, born 1962, accused under Art. 205 part 3, 122 part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

The forensic psychological-psychiatric examination was conducted by a forensic psychological-psychiatric expert commission consisting of:

• Chairperson:
  psychiatrist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Prof.,
  head of department,
  higher education,
  work experience in the specialty 28 years. N.K. Kharitonova
• Commission member:
  psychiatrist-expert, Candidate of Medical Sciences,
  senior researcher,
  higher education,
  work experience in the specialty 28 years T.A. Smirnova
• Commission member:
  psychologist-expert, higher education,
  work experience in the specialty 6 years. E.V. Kipnis
• Reporting physician:
  forensic psychiatric expert physician,
  higher education,
  work experience in the specialty 16 years. B.I. Shutilov

on the basis of the decree of the senior investigator of the Investigation Department of the FSB of Russia dated July 18, 2002. The experts have been warned about liability under Art. 307 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

[signatures]

N.K. Kharitonova
T.A. Smirnova
E.V. Kipnis
B.I. Shutilov

The following questions were put to the experts.
1. Did Dekkushev A.O. suffer from any mental illnesses or temporary disorder of mental activity during the period of his commission of the crimes, if so, which one specifically and from what [time]

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...reselling of vegetables and fruits. In 1988 he got married, has two children, recently he did not maintain relations with his wife. He has no prior convictions, is not registered with a psychiatrist or narcologist (certificates are in the criminal case). As follows from the materials of the criminal case, Adam Osmanovich Dekkushev has been charged with the commission, as part of an organized group, of the bombings of two residential buildings in Moscow, which caused significant property damage and resulted in the deaths of a large number of people, as well as the commission, as part of an organized group, of the illegal acquisition, storage, and transportation of explosives and explosive devices, i.e., the commission of crimes provided for by Part 3 of Art. 205 and Part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In the charges brought against him, A.O. Dekkushev pleaded fully guilty and testified that in the summer of 1999, while on the territory of Chechnya, he received instructions from the leaders of illegal armed formations (IAF) Khattab and Abu Umar to purchase aluminum powder in Volgograd, which he did, delivering it to the settlement of Mirny near Kislovodsk. To the same location, he delivered sugar bags he had purchased in the settlement of Erken-Shakhar. Later, using a concrete mixer, the aluminum powder and ammonium nitrate were mixed, resulting in the production of an explosive substance (ES). Part of the ES, packed in the purchased sugar bags, was delivered to Moscow, where it was used to blow up residential buildings in September 1999. The remaining ES (about 5 tons) was delivered by A.O. Dekkushev, along with T. Batchayev and Yu. Krymshamkhalov, on the instructions of Abu Umar, in a KAMAZ truck to Volgodonsk, where an explosion was carried out near a residential building, leading to its destruction and human casualties. From the testimony of A.O. Dekkushev, it appears that at the age of 16 he suffered a concussion and spent several days in intensive care. He also took an active part in combat operations in the ranks of the IAF on the territory of the Chechen Republic, although, according to his claim, he received no wounds or concussions. During interrogations, A.O. Dekkushev behaves adequately, his speech is coherent and clear.

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Examination Findings

• The subject is capable of generalization, comparison, and exclusion based on practically significant features of objects, figurative mediation of concepts, and understanding the conditional meaning of metaphorical expressions.
• A low level of abstraction is noted:
  • A limited vocabulary of generalizing terms.
  • Poor accessibility of mediation with relatively complex concepts.
  • A tendency toward concrete solutions to tasks in cases of difficulty.
  • Episodic actualization of insignificant, superficial object features as a criterion for generalization.
  • A slightly reduced volume of immediate recall and weakly expressed exhaustion.
• In the individual-psychological sphere, the following are noted:
  • Sufficient activity and independence of behavior.
  • Absence of increased suggestibility and submissiveness.
  • Awareness of social norms and practical issues.
  • The ability to solve problem situations.
  • The ability to maintain stable contacts.

Commission Conclusion

Based on the above, the commission concludes that Dekkushev A.O. does not suffer from any chronic mental disorder and did not suffer from such during the period relating to the acts incriminated against him.

Analysis of the criminal case materials and the results of this examination allow for the conclusion that during the period of the acts incriminated against him, Dekkushev A.O. did not show signs of any temporary mental disorder; according to his mental state, he could realize the factual nature and social danger of his actions and control them.

At the present time, Dekkushev A.O., according to his mental state, can also realize the factual nature of his actions and control them, correctly perceive circumstances relevant to the case, and give correct testimony about them.

As a person not suffering from a mental disorder, including alcoholism and drug addiction, Dekkushev A.O. does not require the application of compulsory medical measures. According to the psychologist's conclusion, Dekkushev A.O. does not show signs of increased suggestibility and submissiveness; he also does not show any individual-psychological...

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DECREE

on declaring a search for the accused

City of Moscow November 19, 1999

Deputy Head of the 3rd Department of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Chaika M.I., having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 103 regarding Dekkushev A.O. and others, -

HAS ESTABLISHED:

• In the course of the investigation of this case, sufficient evidence has been collected that Adam Osmanovich Dekkushev, in August-September 1999, acting as part of an organized criminal group that planned to commit a series of acts of terrorism in the city of Moscow, together with Gochiyayev A.Sh., Saitakov D.F., Krymshamkhalov Yu.I., Batchayev T.A., and a number of other persons, delivered by motor transport from the territory of the North Caucasus and placed in non-residential premises in the city of Moscow at the addresses: Borisovskie Prudy St., house No. 16 bldg. 2 and Krasnodarskaya St., house No. 70, about 12 tons of clandestinely manufactured explosive substances with means of detonation.
• After which, during September 7-8 of the same year, Dekkushev, with the help of the same accomplices, transported two batches of explosives from the specified warehouses to the selected locations of the planned acts of terrorism in non-residential premises rented for this purpose in houses No. 19 on Guryanova St. and No. 6, bldg. 3 on Kashirskoye Highway.
• On September 8 and 13, 1999, using the specified explosive devices, Dekkushev, together with Gochiyayev, Saitakov, Krymshamkhalov, Batchayev, and other accomplices of the group, carried out the explosions of these two apartment buildings along with the citizens living in them, as a result of which 223 people died, more than 150 residents received injuries of varying degrees of severity, and the houses were destroyed.
• Regarding Dekkushev A.O., on November 19, 1999, a decree was issued to charge him as an accused in the commission of crimes provided for by Part 3 of Art. 205 and Part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and a preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen.

Criminal Record

• According to his words, none
  • (when and by which court was convicted, under which article of the CC RF, type and amount of punishment, when released)

Accused [signature]

Passport or Other Document Identifying the Accused

• Identity documents according to his words are lost

Other Data About the Identity of the Accused

Other Participating Persons

• Defense counsel — lawyer of Legal Consultation No. 9 of the MGKA Nechaev E.M.
  • (procedural status, surnames, initials of participating persons)

Use of Technical Means

• Participating persons were informed about the use of technical means — (which ones specifically, by whom specifically)

Rights Explanation

• Before the start of the first interrogation, the rights provided for by Art. 47 of the CCP RF were explained to the accused Dekkushev A.O.
• Furthermore, it was explained to him (her) that in accordance with Art. 51 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, he is not obliged to testify against himself, his spouse, or other close relatives, the circle of whom is defined by paragraph 4 of Art. 5 of the CCP RF.

Accused [signature]

• According to Art. 18 of the CCP RF, the right to give testimony in my native language or in the language I speak, as well as to use the services of an interpreter free of charge, has been explained to me.

Accused [signature]

• The essence of the charges brought against me for committing crimes provided for by part 3 of article 205 and part 3 of article 222 of the CC RF has been explained to me and is understood.
• I plead fully guilty to committing the crimes provided for by part 3 of article 205 and part 3 of article 222 of the CC RF.
  • (I plead guilty, I do not plead guilty, I plead partially guilty)

Accused [signature]

Mirny Settlement Near Kislovodsk

In Erken-Shakhar, from a private individual unknown to me, I bought about 5–7 tons of granulated sugar, which was also transported to Yoska's house.

Preparation of Explosive Substance

• The Batchaev brothers – Timur and Zaur – and an Ingush man, whose name I do not remember but who also died, came to Yoska's house.
• Using a concrete mixer, they mixed aluminum powder, sugar, and ammonium nitrate (I do not know who purchased it) and poured it into sugar bags I had bought from the director of the sugar factory in Erken-Shakhar, whose name I do not remember, but who was Nogai by nationality.
• Yoska Krymshamkhalov and I were sure that the resulting explosive substance (I learned that it was specifically an explosive from the Batchaevs and the Ingush man) would be transported to Chechnya. I did not ask myself why it would have been easier to prepare it in Chechnya itself and not deal with its delivery.

Transport to Kislovodsk

• After the substance was ready, Achimez Gochiyayev arrived, whom I knew from living in Karachaevsk.
• We transported the bags with the mixture from Yoska's house to his uncle's warehouse in Kislovodsk in a KAMAZ truck.
• I do not remember the number of this KAMAZ, but it was very old. Its driver knew nothing about what he was transporting; he thought it was sugar.
• Then I had an argument with Achimez and left for Chechnya, as I did not want to get involved in these matters any further.

Events in Chechnya and Dagestan

• In Chechnya, I arrived at the "Kavkaz" camp in Serzhen-Yurt, but a day later I was sent back, being told that Achimez had left 5 tons of explosives in Kislovodsk, loaded into the KAMAZ I mentioned.
• At that time, events were unfolding in Dagestan, and Abu-Umar told me that it was necessary to take these explosives to Russia and blow them up, then the Russians would get scared and the war in Dagestan would stop.

Journey to Volgodonsk

• In Kislovodsk, we reloaded the bags with the mixture into a KAMAZ bought by me on credit from the cousin of my friend Iskhak Temirliev, a Karachay by nationality living in Sary-Tyuz, Ust-Dzhegitinsky district (Timur Batchaev drove this vehicle to Kislovodsk).
• We went to Volgodonsk.
• At the same time, Timur and Yoska were driving the KAMAZ, and I went ahead in a "Moskvitch-Svyatogor" they had bought.
• We wanted to blow up the truck with explosives on the dam located in Volgodonsk, but...

Testimony Transcript

Question: Where are the people you listed now?

Answer: As I have already testified above, I went to Volgodonsk, as well as Timur Batchaev and Yoska Krymshamkhalov. I do not know for sure who went to Moscow, but it seems that Achimez Gochiyaev, Zaur Batchaev, and a Tatar named Islam, about 18–20 years old, went there (he came to Yoska's house, but I don't remember exactly when; he spoke Russian and told almost nothing about himself; later I learned that he died during mortar shelling at the so-called "Shatoy Pass"); I don't know anyone else.

Question: Where are the people you listed now?

Answer:
* I saw Gochiyaev in the fall of 2001. I had a very strong argument with him because, according to rumors, he had seriously set up people in Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria, where many people were arrested because of him to no avail. I told him that our first explosions had no effect on Russia, but he claimed that Emir Khattab ordered him to do all this. I haven't seen him since that argument.
* I also saw Yoska Krymshamkhalov and Timur Batchaev in the Pankisi Gorge in the summer of this year.
* Zaur Batchaev, as I know from rumors, including from Timur's words, died at the very beginning of the war — his head was blown off by an explosion.

Question: Who gave you the instruction to leave Kislovodsk for Chechnya in the summer of 1999?

Answer: At the moment, I find it difficult to remember who it was, but it was someone from the Uchkeken jamaat.

Question: Explain who gave you the instruction to go to Volgograd, purchase aluminum powder there, and deliver it to the settlement of Mirny?

Answer:
* I received this instruction from Abu-Umar.
* When I delivered the powder to the settlement of Mirny, I met Yoska Krymshamkhalov there, whom I asked where the cargo could be unloaded. He suggested that I unload the aluminum powder in the garage at his house.
* Abu-Umar did not tell me that the aluminum powder should be unloaded at Yoska's.
* In addition, I wish to supplement my testimony with the following. A few days later, when I brought to Mirny

PROTOCOL of additional interrogation of the accused

Moscow
"15" July 2002

Interrogation started at 09:50
Interrogation finished at 12:45

Investigator (inquirer): investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia, Captain of Justice Savitsky M.A.
Location: in the premises of office No. 325 of the Investigative Department of the FSB RF
Basis: in accordance with Art. 174 and 189 of the CCP RF

Additionally interrogated in criminal case No. 103 the accused Dekkushev Adam Osmanovich, whose personal data is available in this criminal case.

Participating persons:
* Defense counsel — lawyer of Legal Consultation No. 150 of the MRKA
Levkovsky V.K.

The participating persons were informed about the use of technical means --

Before the start of the interrogation, the rights provided for in paragraphs 3, 4, 7, and 8 of part four of Art. 47 of the CCP RF were additionally explained to me:
* to object to the charge;
* to give testimony on the charge brought against me or to refuse to give testimony;
* to present evidence;
* to use the assistance of an interpreter free of charge;
* to use the assistance of a defense counsel, including free of charge in cases provided for by the CCP RF.

Accused [signature]

On the merits of the questions asked, I can state the following:

Question: Specify the degree of your participation in the commission of acts of terrorism in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk in September 1999?
Answer: I fully confirm the testimony given by me at the previous interrogation. Specifying them, I want to dwell in more detail on my role in [signature]

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Testimony Regarding Acts of Terrorism

I also want to note that they were committed by me because we, that is, all persons involved in the explosions in September 1999, were told: "Blow something up in Russia and the war against our brothers in Dagestan will stop."

Events Leading to the Actions

As I have already testified earlier, in the summer of 1999, before the start of the war in Chechnya, a person unknown to me from the Uchkeken jamaat came to me and said that I must go to Chechnya to perform some work. I arrived at Khattab's camp near the settlement of Serzhen-Yurt. There, one of the Arabs named Abu Umar told me that I must go to Volgograd and there purchase aluminum powder from a Chechen whose phone number I was given. For expenses, I was given approximately 3 – 3.5 thousand US dollars.

Acquiring Resources

Carrying out this instruction, I returned to the Caucasian Mineral Waters and there, with the money received from Abu Umar, I bought a "Moskvich-Svyatogor" passenger car for 2,800 US dollars, green in color, approximately 1998 model year, state registration number "181" (I don't remember the letters) of the Stavropol Krai (Essentuki). The car was registered by general power of attorney to my wife – Zemfira Magomedovna Dekkusheva. Also in Kislovodsk, in a mobile phone shop located at the "circle," at my request, my acquaintance Yusuf Krymshamkhalov bought a cell phone. I also acquired the phone on the instructions of Abu Umar.

Meeting and Purchase in Volgograd

In this car, I went to Volgograd and there, having called the number given to me, I met at the exchange at the entrance to the city with a Chechen (about 25 years old, I don't remember his name, but he was originally from Atagi, where he was later killed during combat operations). He helped me buy aluminum powder. It was packed in gray metal barrels with inscriptions, but I do not remember the content of those (inscriptions) at the moment, nor do I remember the number of barrels. We loaded them into a passing vehicle headed for Kislovodsk –

Events Leading to the Incident

• After this, in the "Moskvich" I had purchased, these individuals transported aluminum powder from Yoska's house to the Karabashevs' house.
• There, using a concrete mixer borrowed from someone (I do not know who borrowed it or from whom), they began preparing a mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder.
• At that time, Yoska and I understood from the conversations that explosives were being prepared, but we assumed they were intended for Chechnya.

Transporting the Explosives

• Then, after some time, Achimez Gochiyayev arrived for the explosives, and I had an argument with him because he said he would not take all of the prepared explosive mixture.
• I believed that by doing this, he would endanger many innocent people.
• However, he insisted, and then for 200 rubles per day, we hired a KAMAZ from a Karachay man living in the village of Mirny (here I want to note that this person knew nothing about the impending crime and thought there was sugar in the bags), and on it, we transported all the prepared substance to a warehouse where the sugar I had purchased in Erken-Shakhar was already stored.
• From there, as I later learned, the explosives and sugar were taken away and reloaded into another vehicle at a heavy truck parking lot.
• I know nothing about who did this, who negotiated with the drivers, or who carried out the loading.

Decision to Travel to Moscow

• At that time, due to my disagreement with Gochiyayev's position, I left for Chechnya, but there Abu Umar told me that I must return to Kislovodsk, take the explosives left behind by him, transport them to Russia, and blow up some market in order to influence the country's leadership to stop military actions against the mujahideen in Dagestan (I want to note that at this time, events in the Dagestani villages of Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi had already begun).
• There, upon learning that explosions had occurred in Moscow and that Gochiyayev was involved in them, I realized that the explosives prepared with my participation had been transported by the latter to Moscow.

Agreement to Carry Out the Mission

• Realizing that after everything that had been done there was no turning back for me, I agreed to carry out this instruction from Abu Umar and proposed to carry out an explosion at

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...of Volgodonsk, but Timur Batchayev had set a timer fuse before that. Already, while passing through Ingushetia, I learned from local residents that a residential building had been destroyed as a result of the car explosion.

Summarizing what has been said, I want to note that I am directly involved in the manufacture of the explosive substance based on ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder, as well as in the explosion of the motor vehicle near the residential building in the city of Volgodonsk. However, I have only an indirect connection to the explosions of residential buildings in the city of Moscow. As I have already said, I was only involved in the manufacture of the explosive substance that was used in the commission of these explosions, but everything else was carried out by Gochiyayev and his people, and I did not even know where the terrorist act would be committed by them.

Accused (signature)

Before, during, or after the interrogation of the accused, from the participating persons [handwritten: defense counsel - lawyer of Legal Consultation No. 50 of the MRKA V.K. Levkovsky] statements [handwritten: were not received].

Content of statements: [blank]

Accused (signature)

Other participating persons: (signature)

The protocol was read [handwritten: by the investigator aloud]

Comments on the protocol [handwritten: were not received]

Accused (signature)

Other participating persons: (signature)

Investigator (inquirer) (signature)

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Interrogation Transcript Excerpt

Regarding the substance of the questions asked

(questions and answers are recorded in the sequence in which they occurred during the interrogation)

Question: State in what form you were given instructions by Abu Umar in July 1999 regarding the acquisition of a car, cell phones, aluminum powder, granulated sugar, bags, and ammonium nitrate?

Answer: Abu Umar orally instructed me to acquire the specified items. He did not provide explanations regarding the purposes of their purchase. I was to store all the items at my home. Here I want to note that the ammonium nitrate was purchased and brought by Abaev Khakim – who instructed him to do so is unknown to me. The need to acquire bags arose during the process of preparing the mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder for its packaging. It was decided to purchase granulated sugar to mask the transported bags containing the manufactured explosive. The idea of its purchase appeared simultaneously with the idea of packing the mixture into sugar bags.

Question: State in detail the circumstances of the acquisition of the Moskvich-2141-51 "Svyatogor" car?

Answer: I purchased the specified car together with Abaev Khakim at the "Lyudmila" market on the outskirts of the city of Pyatigorsk for 2,800 US dollars from the money I received during my first trip to Chechnya in 1999 from Abu Umar. This car was green with a "Renault" engine. I find it difficult to recall the exact date of purchase. The car was registered in my wife's name because she was registered in Kislovodsk. Due to the fact that Kislovodsk is a resort town and entry into it is restricted, a car with registration in the city of Kislovodsk was needed for trips. In turn, a general power of attorney was issued in my name by my wife.

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Preparation Details

• The mixture included silver powder.
• Watermelons were piled in the yard to mask the ammonium nitrate brought by Hakim Abaev (these watermelons were later sold at the market).
• The prepared mixture was packed into plastic bags, and then into sugar bags purchased by the narrator, which were sewn up at the top with a stitching machine because the aluminum powder leaked through the loose sugar bag.
• Empty containers from the ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder were taken to a landfill located up the street from Karabasheva's house and set on fire.

Transportation Circumstances

Question: State in detail the circumstances of involving the KAMAZ driver for transporting the manufactured explosive substance from Zukhra Karabasheva's house to the warehouse belonging to Krymshamkhalov's uncle?

Answer:

• Yoska, who lives near him in the village of Mirny, negotiated everything with the KAMAZ driver.
• An agreement was made to pay 100 or 200 rubles for storing the bags in the truck.
• After the agreement, the truck was driven into the yard of Karabasheva's house, where the people who were doing the mixing carried out the loading.
• The narrator does not know if the KAMAZ driver was present during the loading, nor does the narrator remember the time the loading took place.
• The transportation occurred as follows: the driver drove his KAMAZ, and Yoska and the narrator were in a "Moskvich".
• The route to Kislovodsk passed through a GIBDD (traffic police) post.
• Passage was allowed without hindrance due to an acquaintance of Yoska—a GIBDD officer.
• The narrator does not know the name of the GIBDD officer, but describes him as a Russian man about 40 years old.

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...Timur Batchaev and Krymshamkhalov, whose KAMAZ truck, which was carrying explosive substance, broke down on the road. I was worried about their delay and, possibly, called home.

Accused [signature]

Before the start, during, or at the end of the interrogation of the accused, from the participating persons: the accused A.O. Dekkushev and defense attorney N.I. Tarasevich
(their procedural status, surname, initials)
statements were not received
(received, not received)
Content of statements: _______

Accused [signature]
Other participating persons: [signature]

The protocol was read personally
(personally or aloud by the investigator (inquirer))
Comments on the protocol: none
(content of comments or indication of their absence)

Accused [signature]
Other participating persons: [signature]
Investigator (inquirer) [signature]

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...assistance of an interpreter free of charge; to use the assistance of a defense counsel, including free of charge in cases provided for by the CCP of the RF.

Accused [signature]

On the merits of the questions asked, I can state the following:

(questions and answers to them are recorded in the sequence in which they took place during the interrogation)

Question: What can you explain about the organization and execution of the explosion in the city of Volgodonsk?

Answer: Approximately in mid-July 1999, in the settlement of Serzhen-Yurt on the territory of Chechnya, an Arab named Abu Umar handed me money in the amount of about 3500-4000 US dollars (I don't remember the exact figure). There were only hundred-dollar bills. Abu Umar told me to go home and buy aluminum powder, a passenger car, and a cell phone. He did not explain the purpose of these purchases to me. During the conversation and the transfer of money, there was no one but us.

After some time, I left for home in the city of Kislovodsk and acquired the necessary items that Abu Umar spoke about. I gave detailed testimony about this in previous interrogations. I want to clarify that I did not pay money for the aluminum powder; it was simply handed to me by a Chechen whom I mentioned earlier and whose name I do not remember. I gave him a small amount.

In the settlement of Mirny, in the courtyard of Zukhra Karabasheva's house, the Batchaev brothers, a Tatar named Islam, and an Ingush (I do not know his first and last names) mixed explosive material (EM) from aluminum powder and ammonium nitrate. I understood that they had all undergone training in explosives on the territory of Chechnya. As far as I remember, the manufacturing was led by Zaur Batchaev. I was present during this, but did not participate myself; I only helped them: I brought

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...the others left, but he didn't answer me anything. In the first days of September, Timur Batchaev and I went to Volgodonsk in order to look at the site of the future explosion, to choose a place for parking the vehicle. We arrived at my relative Ansar Bostanov's, but it turned out that he had no space for a truck. We stayed with him for one night and immediately after that went back to Kislovodsk. We did not inform Ansar of our intentions and he did not know about our goal.

Batchaev, Krymshamkhalov, and I discussed the plan for subsequent actions regarding the explosion in Volgodonsk. We decided to buy a truck because we didn't want anyone else to find out about the cargo. Batchaev was supposed to assemble and detonate the explosive device, while Krymshamkhalov and I were to organize the transport of the explosives to the site of the explosion — to the reservoir dam near the city of Volgodonsk.

As far as I remember, Timur and I went to my cousin Temirliev and agreed on the price of the "KAMAZ" and decided that we would give the money later. I don't remember the registration number of the "KAMAZ". I planned to later take money from Abu Umar and pay my brother (Temirliev) for the vehicle. Timur went to the settlement of Mirny in the "KAMAZ", and I went home in the "Moskvich". After some time (I don't remember exactly), I went to the village of Elterkhach, where I purchased potatoes packed in sacks from several (two or three) residents, approximately 1-1.5 tons. I don't remember from whom I bought the potatoes. I hired a "KAMAZ" in Kislovodsk to purchase the potatoes, I don't remember exactly from whom. I brought the potatoes to Krymshamkhalov's house and they were unloaded there. I do not remember under what circumstances and when the "KAMAZ" purchased from Temirliev was loaded with explosives in Krymshamkhalov's yard. Explosives (about 50...

Testimony Details

• The GAZ-53 truck, which suited us in price. I don't remember how much I paid for this truck.
• I want to state that I do not remember all the circumstances exactly, therefore I cannot reconstruct them; there may be small inaccuracies in my testimony.

Preparation

• Not far from the exchange, at a woodworking plant, we bought boards in order to increase the rear tailgate of the GAZ-53. We agreed on the purchase of the boards in advance, before buying the truck.
• Then we drove the GAZ-53 to the motor depot where the 'KAMAZ' was parked, then we placed polyethylene film on the bottom of the GAZ-53's bed and boarded up the rear tailgate.
• On the night before the explosion (from September 14 to 15), Batchaev and Krymshamkhalov transferred the explosives from the 'KAMAZ' to the GAZ-53.
• As far as I remember, they poured the explosive mixture out of the bags they brought, as Batchaev said this needed to be done for a powerful explosion to occur.
• The empty bags were also left in the GAZ. They covered the mixture with potatoes from above.
• I don't know when Batchaev installed the detonator. I cannot say whether he did it immediately or the next day.

Planning the Explosion

• Then we went to the dam and Batchaev said he wouldn't be able to blow it up, without explaining the reasons to me.
• Then Batchaev or Krymshamkhalov (I don't remember exactly who) suggested leaving the truck near the house where the previous owner of the GAZ-53 lived, setting a timer, and blowing up the truck.
• At first I did not agree, but they persuaded me. This conversation took place at the market while we were selling potatoes to create an alibi for ourselves.

Explosion Details

• The time of the explosion was not discussed with me. Batchaev handled that himself.
• I did not see how he installed the detonator, and I didn't see the detonator itself.
• I called the old owner of the truck and asked him to park the truck near

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Travel and Encounters

• I needed the address of my brother, Ansar Bostanov, who lived in Tsimlyansk near Volgodonsk, to stay at his house and examine the site of the planned explosion in Volgodonsk.
• Mukhtar provided me with his brother's phone number.
• Timur Batchaev and I traveled to Tsimlyansk in my 'Moskvich' in the first days of September.
• When I called the number from Mukhtar in Tsimlyansk, Ansar was not home, according to a woman who answered the phone.
• She informed me that I could find Ansar not far from the settlement of Tsimla (I do not recall the exact location).
• I went there and found Ansar collecting scrap metal.
• Ansar bought a sheep, we went to his house, and ate meat in the evening. Ansar was very drunk, and we spent the night at his place.

Subsequent Events

• I do not remember precisely, but it seems that either on the way to Ansar's or afterward, I stopped at a car repair station at the exit from Volgodonsk to repair something in the car.
• On the way to Ansar's, I showed Timur the dam while we were driving across it.
• After visiting Ansar, we went to Kislovodsk. There, over several days, we purchased a 'KAMAZ' and potatoes to conceal the explosives. I have already given testimony regarding this.
• When the truck was loaded, we departed for Volgodonsk in the evening.
• I drove ahead in the 'Moskvich', while Yoska and Timur followed me in the 'KAMAZ' carrying the explosives.
• I spent the night near the motor pool where the explosives were later transferred from the 'KAMAZ' to a GAZ-53.
• In the morning, I went to meet the 'KAMAZ' at a parking lot on the outskirts of the city, as we had arranged.
• At the same service station mentioned earlier, I had installed an alarm on the 'Moskvich'. This station was located in the 'old town' near the parking lot where I was waiting for the 'KAMAZ'.
• I was worried because the 'KAMAZ' had not yet arrived.

Events Leading to the Explosion

• Not far from the exchange at the woodworking plant, we bought boards in order to increase the rear side of the GAZ-53. We agreed on the purchase of the boards in advance, before buying the car.
• Then we drove the GAZ-53 and the 'KAMAZ' to the motor depot, where later that night Batchaev and Krymshamkhalov transferred the explosives from the 'KAMAZ' into the GAZ-53.
• Before that, they lined the body of the GAZ with boards to make it higher.
• As far as I remember, they poured the explosive mixture from the brought bags onto a film spread in the body, as Batchaev said that this had to be done so that a powerful explosion would occur.
• The empty bags were also left in the GAZ.
• The mixture was covered with potatoes from above.
• I don't know when Batchaev installed the detonator. I cannot say whether he did it immediately or the next day.
• The finished car with explosives stood for two days at the motor depot.
• During this period of time, we sold part of the remaining potatoes to some man (I cannot describe him). He arrived at the motor depot in his UAZ car and took part of the potatoes from the 'KAMAZ'.

Days Before the Explosion

• The day before the explosion, that is, September 14, 1999, we spent the whole day selling the rest of the potatoes at the market in the city of Volgodonsk, having gone out in the 'KAMAZ'.

The Day of the Warning

• On the morning of September 15, 1999, we went to the market in the 'KAMAZ', where we were met by the son of the motor depot watchman and informed that the police were interested in all cars with Karachay license plates in connection with the explosions in Moscow.
• We realized that we had to hurry.

Disagreements Over Location

• I want to clarify that during these two days we were arguing about the place of the explosion.
• Batchaev said that he would not be able to blow up the car on the dam for technical reasons and suggested blowing it up in another place.
• I did not agree, but Timur and Yoska insisted.
• In previous interrogations, I said that Batchaev and I went to the dam one more time, but that is not so.
• I have now remembered that we went there only once in early September, when we were driving.

PROTOCOL of additional interrogation of the accused

Moscow (place of drafting)
July 26, 2002

Interrogation started at 15:00
Interrogation ended at 16:40

Investigator (inquirer): Senior Investigator of the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia, Captain of Justice Romanovsky V.V.
(name of the preliminary investigation or inquiry body, class rank or title, surname, initials of the investigator (inquirer))
in the premises of office No. 329 of the Investigative Department of the FSB RF
(specifically which one)
in accordance with Articles 174 and 189 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RF, additionally interrogated in criminal case No. 103 the accused Dekkushev Adam Osmanovich,
(surname, first name, patronymic)
whose personal data are contained in this criminal case.

Participating persons: defense counsel – lawyer of Legal Consultation No. 9 of the MGKA [Moscow City Bar Association] Tarasevich N.I.
(procedural status, surnames, initials of participating persons)

The participating persons were informed about the use of technical means: --
(which ones specifically, by whom specifically)

Before the start of the interrogation, my rights provided for by paragraphs 3, 4, 7, and 8 of part four of Article 47 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RF were additionally explained to me:
* to object to the charge;
* to give testimony regarding the charge brought against me or to refuse to give testimony;
* to present evidence;
* to use the services of an interpreter free of charge;
* to use the services of a defense counsel, including free of charge in cases provided for by the Criminal Procedure Code of the RF.

Accused [signature]
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• ...that's how everything should be. I asked for money to pay for the "KAMAZ", but Abu Umar said he would give it later, but he never did. After that, I took offense and went to Abu Jafar's camp.

Question: Do you know who gave the order to commit the acts of terrorism in September 1999?
Answer: Abu Umar gave such an order directly to me, and to him, as far as I know – Khattab. Abu Umar reported directly to Khattab and would not have done anything without his order.

Question: What do you know about the fate of the perpetrators of the acts of terrorism in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk?
Answer:
* Three people – Saitakov, Zaur Batchaev, and an Ingush were killed during the hostilities in Chechnya.
* Achimez Gochiyayev, around December 1999 – January 2000, after the hostilities near Shatoy, went to Karachay-Cherkessia together with several Karachays and hid in the forests for about a year.
* Along with him, as far as I know, went Abaev Hakim, Yusuf Krymshamkhalov, two people named Taukan and Haris, and two Bostanovs (one from Karachayevsk, the other from Uchkeken).
* Timur Batchaev was wounded in the fall of 1999 – his leg was broken, and he went somewhere, probably to Georgia.
* I can say that those who blew up the houses in Moscow and Volgodonsk and who remained alive after the war in Chechnya and the hostilities in Abkhazia, I met in Georgia in the Pankisi Gorge in various villages.

Accused [Signature]

Before the start, during, or at the end of the interrogation of the accused, from the participating persons [blank] (their procedural status, surname, initials) [Signature]

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On the merits of the questions asked, I can state the following:
(questions and answers are recorded in the sequence in which they occurred during the interrogation)

Questions and Answers

Question: In your testimony regarding the circumstances of the transportation of the explosive substance from the settlement of Mirny to the "Realbaza" warehouses in the city of Kislovodsk, you indicated that the owner of the "KAMAZ" truck did not have documents for the vehicle. Please clarify, did you have documents for the cargo being transported?
Answer: I want to clarify that, as far as I remember, there were documents for the vehicle, but we did not have documents for the cargo. That is why Yoska Krymshamkhalov arranged with a policeman to escort us.

Question: Please clarify, for what purpose did Yusuf Krymshamkhalov transfer from a "Moskvich" car into the "KAMAZ" with the explosive substance near the GIBDD [traffic police] post at the entrance to the city of Kislovodsk?
Answer: Most likely he transferred into the "KAMAZ" in order to show the way to "Realbaza".

Question: What did you talk about with the policeman who got into your vehicle at the GIBDD post during the escort of the "KAMAZ" with the explosive substance to "Realbaza"?
Answer: We talked about something in the car, but I don't remember exactly what.

Question: Did this policeman know about the nature of the cargo of the "KAMAZ" he was escorting?
Answer: The policeman did not know that there was an explosive substance in the vehicle he was escorting. He was told that we were transporting sugar.

Question: As payment for escorting the "KAMAZ" with the explosive substance, the policeman you mentioned received a bag of sugar. When was it decided to pay for this escort in such a manner and who made that decision?

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Document Content

• ...of the concrete mixer approximately 120-150 cm. The tilting of the concrete mixer was carried out using a lever located at the rear of the body.

Accused [signature]

Before the start, during, or at the end of the interrogation of the accused, from the participating persons ___________
(their procedural status, surname, initials)
statements were not received.
(received, not received)
Content of statement(s): __________

Accused [signature]

Other participating persons: lawyer [signature]

The protocol was read aloud by the investigator
(personally or aloud by the investigator (inquirer))
Comments on the protocol: none
(content of comments or indication of their absence)

Accused [signature]

Other participating persons: lawyer [signature]

Investigator (inquirer) [signatures]

Identification Procedure

• Far right position (exactly which position)

The identifying person was invited into the room where the persons presented for identification were located.

Before the start of the identification, the procedure for conducting the identification of a person was explained to the participating persons.

Identifying person [signature]
Person being identified [signature]
Attesting witnesses: [signatures]
Other participating persons: [signatures]

In addition, before the start of the identification, the attesting witnesses were explained their rights, duties, and responsibilities provided for by Art. 60 of the CPC RF. [signatures]

Before the start of the identification, the identifying witness (victim) ___ was warned of the liability under Art. 307 of the CC RF for giving knowingly false testimony and under Art. 308 of the CC RF for refusal to give testimony. At the same time, it was also explained to him (her) that in accordance with Art. 51 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, he/she is not obliged to testify against himself/herself, his/her spouse, and other close relatives, the circle of which is defined by paragraph 4 of Art. 5 of the CPC RF.

Witness (victim) [signature]

The participating persons were also informed about the use of technical means: photography with a "Yashica Zoomate 105" camera on "Kodak Gold 200" film by investigator Romanovsky V.A.

To the question of whether the identifying person had previously seen any of those presented for

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Content of the statement: I insist on my testimony, I did not meet anyone at the post and did not let anyone through.
(received, not received)

Identifying person [signature]
Person being identified [signature]
Attesting witnesses:
1. [signature]
2. [signature]
Other participating persons: [signature]

Protocol read aloud by the investigator
(personally or aloud by the investigator (inquirer))

Comments on the protocol: none received
(content of comments or indication of their absence)

Identifying person [signature]
Person being identified [signature]
Attesting witnesses:
1. [signature]
2. [signature]
Other participating persons: [signature]

Investigator (inquirer) [signature]

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The rights and obligations of a witness (victim), provided for by Art. 56 (42) of the CCP RF, have been explained to me and are understood. It has also been explained to me that in accordance with Art. 51 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, I am not obliged to testify against myself, my spouse (my wife), and other close relatives, the circle of whom is defined by paragraph 4 of Art. 5 of the CCP RF.

Witness (victim)
(signature)

Furthermore, before the start of the verification of testimony on site, the attesting witnesses were explained their rights and obligations provided for by Art. 60 of the CCP RF.

[signature]
(signature of attesting witness)
[signature]
(signature of attesting witness)

The specialist (expert) was explained his rights and obligations provided for by Art. 58 (57) of the CCP RF.
(surname, first name, patronymic)

Specialist (expert)
(signature)

The participating persons were also informed about the use of technical means: the production of video recording on a 'MAXELL E-180' videocassette
(which ones specifically, by whom specifically)
with a 'Panasonic AG-455' video camera by the senior investigator of the Investigation Department of the FSB of Russia, Captain of Justice Romanovsky V.V.

The verification of testimony on site was carried out in conditions of sunny weather with sufficient natural light.
(weather, illumination)

Before the verification of testimony on site, the person Dekkushev A.O.
(surname, initials)
was asked to indicate the place where his testimony would be verified.

Dekkushev A.O. indicated: that his testimony regarding the commission of an act of terrorism – the explosion of a residential building in the city of Volgodonsk in September 1999, will begin to be verified from the truck parking lot located in the city of Volgodonsk.
(surname, initials) (what exactly)

The verification on site established: the accused Dekkushev A.O., having arrived
(what exactly)

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Before the start, during, or upon completion of the verification of testimony on-site, no statements were received from the participating persons: the accused Dekkushev A.O. and the defense counsel Khvorost E.V. (their procedural status, surnames, initials) (received, not received)

Content of Statement(s)

• Accused: [signature]
• Attesting witnesses: [signature]
• [signature]
• Specialist: [signature]
• Other participating persons: [signature] (Khvorost)

Protocol Reading

Protocol read aloud by the investigator (personally or aloud by the investigator (inquirer))

No comments on the protocol were received (content of comments or indication of their absence)

• Accused: [signature]
• Attesting witnesses: [signature]
• [signature]
• Specialist: [signature]
• Other participating persons: [signature] (Khvorost)

This protocol was drawn up in accordance with Articles 166 and 167 of the CCP RF.

Investigator (inquirer): [signatures]

Appendix to the Protocol of Verification of Testimony on Site

• Gagarin St. bldg. 58
• Gagarin St. police station
• Destroyed section of house No. 35
• Memorial
• Parking place of the truck with explosives
• Oktyabrskoye Highway bldg. 35
• Oktyabrskoye Highway bldg. 35A

Witnesses: [signatures]
Investigator: [signature]