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⚫ '''Achemez Gochiyayev''' (born in 1970, in the town of ]) is a Russian citizen who was accused of organizing ], a series of terrorist acts in 1999 that killed nearly 300 people and led the country into the ]. <ref name="FSB"> on ] web site.</ref> The five bombings took place during two weeks between September 4 and September 16, 1999 in ], and south towns of ] and ].<ref name="Kommersant2002-12-10">, ], December 10, 2002.</ref> Gochiyaev was accused of being a mastermind behind all these bombings, however he has not been arrested or convicted and remains a fugitive.
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⚫ '''Achemez Gochiyayev''' (born 1970 in ]) is a Russian citizen who was accused of organizing the ], a series of terrorist acts in 1999<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/moscow-bombings-mikhail-trepashkin-and-putin|title=None Dare Call It a Conspiracy|last=Anderson|first=Scott|website=GQ|date=31 March 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-04|archive-date=2017-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202414/https://www.gq.com/story/moscow-bombings-mikhail-trepashkin-and-putin|url-status=live}}</ref> that killed 307 people and led the country into the ].<ref name="FSB"> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050318205506/http://www.fsb.ru/search/criminal/gochi.html |date=March 18, 2005 }} on ] web site.</ref> The five bombings took place during two weeks between September 4 and September 16, 1999, in ], and the southern towns of ] and ].<ref name="Kommersant2002-12-10">, ], December 10, 2002.</ref> Gochiyayev has not been arrested or convicted and ostensibly remains a fugitive;<ref></ref> he has not been seen since early March 2002.<ref name=":0" />


==Biography== ==Biography==
Gochiyayev is an ethnic ], born in the city of ] in the ]. After finishing high school, he served in the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces. He had been living in Moscow for more than ten years. He ran a small construction company, Kapstroy 2000 in Moscow<ref name="democraticdictatorship">{{cite web |url=https://francescamereu.com/2014/04/24/putin-the-invention-of-a-democratic-dictatorship-the-first-chapter-of-my-book-in-english/ |title=The Invention of a Democratic Dictatorship |date=24 April 2014 |access-date=2017-11-12 |archive-date=2017-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818090335/https://francescamereu.com/2014/04/24/putin-the-invention-of-a-democratic-dictatorship-the-first-chapter-of-my-book-in-english/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and got married in 1996. According to independent investigator ], Gochiyayev was an ordinary "russified Karachai" who lived in Moscow, and the information that he was an adherent of the Wahhabis came solely from a fabricated ] investigation.<ref name="moscowbombings">{{cite web|url=http://postsovietpost.stanford.edu/moscow-bombings-september-1999-full-text |title=The Moscow Bombings of September 1999 (full text) |author=John Dunlop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212043418/http://postsovietpost.stanford.edu/moscow-bombings-september-1999-full-text |archive-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>
Gochyiaev is an ethnic ]. He was born in 1970 in the city of ] at ]. According to Russia's prosecutor office, Gochiyaev was raised in the ] Republic. In 1997 he closed down a construction business in Moscow and went to Chechnya to train in ]'s terrorist training camps. After graduation, he went back to his home in Karachaevo-Cherkessia, where he established and ran his own ] until Khattab activated him.<ref name="wolvesofislam">{{cite book |title=The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror |last=Murphy |first=Paul |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |publisher=Potomac Books Inc. |location= |isbn=978-1574888300 |page= |page=106 }}</ref>


==His involvement in bombings== ==Alleged involvement in bombings==
⚫ Gochiyayev rented premises at four locations in Moscow where bombs were found. He, Tatyana Koroleva and Alexander Karmishin were founders of the company that received shipments of the explosives, ], used in the bombings.<ref>], ](2008). The Age of Assassins. The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin. London: Gibson Square Books. {{ISBN|1-906142-07-6}}, page 107.</ref> When the two first bombs went off claiming more than 200 lives, he called the police to warn about two remaining bombs (at Borisovskie Prudy and Kapotnya). Those bombs were found at the addresses he had given, and were deactivated, preventing a large number of further casualties.<ref name="Dissident">], with Marina Litvinenko '']'', The Free Press, 2007, {{ISBN|1-4165-5165-4}}, page 264.</ref><ref name="bbc_fsbpic">{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2154100.stm |title=Russia hits back over blasts claims |date=26 July 2002 |access-date=2009-02-08 |archive-date=2012-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803130951/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2154100.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Gochiyayev claimed that he was framed by an old acquaintance, an FSB officer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://2005.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2005/18n/n18n-s08.shtml |title=«Я Хочу Рассказать О Взрывах Жилых Домов»<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-02-04 |archive-date=2007-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108190014/http://2005.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2005/18n/n18n-s08.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> who asked him to rent basements "as storage facilities" at four locations where bombs were later found.<ref name="Prima"> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104164048/http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/articles/2002/7/25/16413.html |date=January 4, 2007 }} by ], July 25, 2002</ref>
===FSB investigation===
According to FSB, Gochiyayev received $500,000 from warlord ] to carry out the attacks.<ref name="bbc_fsb"></ref> FSB released a picture showing the two together, claiming that it proved that the two had close links.<ref name="bbc_fsb"/> Both Russia and USA accuse Al-Khattab of having direct links with ].<ref name="bbc_khattabdeath"></ref><ref name="bbc_fsbpic"></ref>


According to the FSB, Gochiyayev received $500,000 from warlord ] to carry out the attacks.<ref name="bbc_fsbpic"/> The FSB released a picture showing the two together, claiming that it proved that the two had close links.<ref name="bbc_fsbpic"/> The pictures appeared in response to a statement by ] that he has a letter from Gochiyayev denying any ties with Khattab. According to Litvinenko, a British forensic analyst was unable to determine if the man in the photo was Gochiyayev.<ref name="bbc_fsbpic"/> Alexander Litvinenko was later murdered in ] with polonium.
Gochiyaev's group was trained at Chechen rebel bases in the towns of Serzhen-Yurt and Urus-Martan, where the explosives were prepared. The group's "technical instructors" were two Arab field commanders, Abu Umar and Abu Djafar, and the bombings' brainchild was another Arab field commander, ].<ref name="ipr"> IPR Strategic Business Information Database. 2004-01-13</ref>


An independent public commission to investigate the bombings, chaired by Duma deputy ], started its work in February 2002. On March 5, ] and Duma member ] flew to London where they met ] and ]. After this meeting, Trepashkin began working with the commission.<ref>, by ]</ref> According to Trepashkin, the person who actually rented the premises was FSB officer Vladimir Romanovich. Trepashkin located Mark Blumenfeld, the owner of the Guryanov Street basement warehouse in Moscow where the explosives were stored. Blumenfeld stated that the composite sketch of the man who had rented his basement was later replaced with a different sketch (of Gochiyaev) by FSB personnel. Blumenfeld said he was forced by FSB interrogators to testify against Gochiyaev.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213074209/http://www.mn.ru/issue.php?2003-44-31 |date=February 13, 2008 }}{{in lang|ru}}, Igor Korolkov, ], N 44, November 11, 2003. .</ref> Trepashkin was unable to present his evidence in court because he was arrested a week before the trial,<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314093247/http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8014-18.cfm |date=March 14, 2007 }}</ref> charged with illegal arms possession and divulging state secrets. He was convicted by a military ] and sentenced to four years in prison.<ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083254/http://coranet.radicalparty.org/pressreview/print_right.php?func=detail&par=10113 |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> Romanovich was subsequently killed in a hit-and-run incident in ]. Gochiyayev escaped to ] and later probably to ], according to news reports. The last time author ] and Litvinenko saw Gochiyayev was in 2002 to obtain his written statement, in which he admitted having helped to "rent these premises on Guryanov Street, Kashirka, Borisovskie Prudy and Kopotnya".<ref name=":0">.Felshtinsky & Litvinenko 2007, pp. 205–206</ref>
Two members of Gochiyayev's group that carried out the attacks, Adam Dekkushev and Yusuf Crymshamhalov, have been sentenced to life term each in a special-regime colony.<ref name="russianjournal"></ref> Both defendants have pleaded guilty only to some of the charges. For instance, Dekkushev acknowledged that he knew the explosives he transported were to be used for an act of terror. Dekkushev also confirmed Gochiyaev's role in the attacks.<ref name="terror99"></ref> Dekkushev was extradited to Russia on April 14, 2002 to stand trial. Crymshamhalov was apprehended and extradicted to Moscow.<ref name="wolvesofislam"/> Gochiyayev however remains at large and is under international search warrant.<ref name="russianjournal"/>


In 2010 a writer, ], speculated that Gochiyayev might have been hiding in ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ведущие: Юлия Латынина. Передача: Код доступа |url=http://old.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/caucas1/msg/2010/04/m209578.htm |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=old.memo.ru |archive-date=2020-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225034638/http://old.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/caucas1/msg/2010/04/m209578.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
===An attempt of independent investigation===
According to former FSB officer ], the person who actually rented the premises was FSB officer Vladimir Romanovich. Trepashkin says he was unable to present his evidence to the court, since he was arrested on charges of illegal arms possession a week before the trial.<ref></ref> He was convicted by a military ] for illegal arms possession and for divulging state secrets to four years in prison.<ref></ref> Romanovich was subsequently killed in a hit and run accident in ]. Gochiyev escaped to ] and later probably to ], according to news reports.
The owner of a Guryanov St. basement warehouse in Moscow, Mark Blumenfeld, said the composite sketch of the man who rented his basement was later replaced with a different sketch. Mr. Blumenfeld pointed out that the inquest pressured him at ] to testify against Gochiyaev, the man identified by the latter sketch.<ref>{{ru icon}}, Igor Korolkov, ], N 44, November 11, 2003. .</ref>


==See also==
⚫ According to a book by Alexander Goldfarb and Marina Litvinenko, Gochyayev rented premises on four locations in Moscow where bombs were found. When two first bombs run off claiming more than 200 lives, he called to police to warn about two remaining bombs (at Borisovskie Prudy and Kapotnya). The remaining bombs were found on the addresses he indicated and deactivated, which helped to prevent a large number of further casualties. <ref name="Dissident">], with Marina Litvinenko '']'', The Free Press, 2007, ISBN 1-416-55165-4, page 264. </ref> Gochiyaev claimed that he was framed by his old acquaintance, an FSB officer<ref></ref> who asked him to rent basements "as storage facilities" at four locations where bombs were later found<ref name="Prima"> by ], July 25, 2002</ref>
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Russian suspected terrorist (born 1970)
Achemez Gochiyayev
Born1970
Karachaevsk, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union (Now Russia)
DisappearedMarch 2002 (aged 31–32)
NationalityNorth Caucasian
Known forRussian authorities claim him to be one of the perpetrators behind the Russian apartment bombings in 1999

Achemez Gochiyayev (born 1970 in Karachayevsk) is a Russian citizen who was accused of organizing the Russian apartment bombings, a series of terrorist acts in 1999 that killed 307 people and led the country into the Second Chechen War. The five bombings took place during two weeks between September 4 and September 16, 1999, in Moscow, and the southern towns of Buynaksk and Volgodonsk. Gochiyayev has not been arrested or convicted and ostensibly remains a fugitive; he has not been seen since early March 2002.

Biography

Gochiyayev is an ethnic Karachay, born in the city of Karachayevsk in the North Caucasus. After finishing high school, he served in the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces. He had been living in Moscow for more than ten years. He ran a small construction company, Kapstroy 2000 in Moscow and got married in 1996. According to independent investigator Mikhail Trepashkin, Gochiyayev was an ordinary "russified Karachai" who lived in Moscow, and the information that he was an adherent of the Wahhabis came solely from a fabricated FSB investigation.

Alleged involvement in bombings

Gochiyayev rented premises at four locations in Moscow where bombs were found. He, Tatyana Koroleva and Alexander Karmishin were founders of the company that received shipments of the explosives, RDX, used in the bombings. When the two first bombs went off claiming more than 200 lives, he called the police to warn about two remaining bombs (at Borisovskie Prudy and Kapotnya). Those bombs were found at the addresses he had given, and were deactivated, preventing a large number of further casualties. Gochiyayev claimed that he was framed by an old acquaintance, an FSB officer who asked him to rent basements "as storage facilities" at four locations where bombs were later found.

According to the FSB, Gochiyayev received $500,000 from warlord Ibn Al-Khattab to carry out the attacks. The FSB released a picture showing the two together, claiming that it proved that the two had close links. The pictures appeared in response to a statement by Alexander Litvinenko that he has a letter from Gochiyayev denying any ties with Khattab. According to Litvinenko, a British forensic analyst was unable to determine if the man in the photo was Gochiyayev. Alexander Litvinenko was later murdered in London with polonium.

An independent public commission to investigate the bombings, chaired by Duma deputy Sergei Kovalyov, started its work in February 2002. On March 5, Sergei Yushenkov and Duma member Yuli Rybakov flew to London where they met Alexander Litvinenko and Mikhail Trepashkin. After this meeting, Trepashkin began working with the commission. According to Trepashkin, the person who actually rented the premises was FSB officer Vladimir Romanovich. Trepashkin located Mark Blumenfeld, the owner of the Guryanov Street basement warehouse in Moscow where the explosives were stored. Blumenfeld stated that the composite sketch of the man who had rented his basement was later replaced with a different sketch (of Gochiyaev) by FSB personnel. Blumenfeld said he was forced by FSB interrogators to testify against Gochiyaev. Trepashkin was unable to present his evidence in court because he was arrested a week before the trial, charged with illegal arms possession and divulging state secrets. He was convicted by a military closed court and sentenced to four years in prison. Romanovich was subsequently killed in a hit-and-run incident in Cyprus. Gochiyayev escaped to Georgia and later probably to Turkey, according to news reports. The last time author Yuri Felshtinsky and Litvinenko saw Gochiyayev was in 2002 to obtain his written statement, in which he admitted having helped to "rent these premises on Guryanov Street, Kashirka, Borisovskie Prudy and Kopotnya".

In 2010 a writer, Yulia Latynina, speculated that Gochiyayev might have been hiding in Turkey.

See also

References

  1. Anderson, Scott (31 March 2017). "None Dare Call It a Conspiracy". GQ. Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  2. Gochiyayev's wanted page Archived March 18, 2005, at the Wayback Machine on FSB web site.
  3. Only one explosions suspect still free, Kommersant, December 10, 2002.
  4. Interpol link
  5. ^ .Felshtinsky & Litvinenko 2007, pp. 205–206
  6. "The Invention of a Democratic Dictatorship". 24 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  7. John Dunlop. "The Moscow Bombings of September 1999 (full text)". Archived from the original on 12 February 2017.
  8. Yuri Felshtinsky, Vladimir Pribylovsky(2008). The Age of Assassins. The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin. London: Gibson Square Books. ISBN 1-906142-07-6, page 107.
  9. Alex Goldfarb, with Marina Litvinenko Death of a Dissident: The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB, The Free Press, 2007, ISBN 1-4165-5165-4, page 264.
  10. ^ "Russia hits back over blasts claims". 26 July 2002. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
  11. "«Я Хочу Рассказать О Взрывах Жилых Домов»". Archived from the original on 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  12. Achemez Gochiyaev: I’ve been framed up by an FSB agent Archived January 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine by Prima News, July 25, 2002
  13. The Unsolved Mystery Behind the Act of Terror That Brought Putin to Power, by David Satter
  14. Фоторобот не первой свежести Archived February 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine(in Russian), Igor Korolkov, Moscow News, N 44, November 11, 2003. Computer translation.
  15. For Trepashkin, Bomb Trail Leads to Jail Archived March 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  16. Los Angeles Times - Russian Ex-Agent's Sentencing Called Political Investigator was about to release a report on 1999 bombings when he was arrested Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  17. "Ведущие: Юлия Латынина. Передача: Код доступа". old.memo.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2022-03-09.

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