18.01.2006
" I am tired to kill people... ". Interview of
the agent-liquidator of special services of Uzbekistan.
He has called in edition of "Megapolis " before New Year's
holidays. He introduced himself as Alex, the agent of special services
of a neighboring country: " I am tired to kill people. I know,
you are engaged in journalistic investigations. Do not hang up. I
have specially arrived to you from Tashkent. I ask to listen to me
and to help to execute mission. But it is not telephone conversation.
Appoint a place and time of our meeting. Only consider, business can
not wait delays. Danger threatens not only my life. I am not afraid
of death, but before to leave in the other world , I am ready to tell
everything, that is happening in our country and how there kill people
without trial and investigation ".
Having listened to the story of the person who has come to edition
and having written down his exposing statement on a videofilm, we
have thought: whether all is normal at the stranger with a head? Whether
he is healthy? And whether consists on the account in medical clinic
for insane persons? Have checked up his nameplate data, a mark about
registration in Kazakhstan and a registration in Uzbekistan. Moreover,
before to prepare for a material for printing, we have shown a video
data to psychologists and the analysts dealing with similar problems.
As a result experts refer in opinion, that all told by "agent"
can take place actually. That it is far not delirium of the madman.
However, approve on all of hundred percent reliability of everything,
that was told (and even written down on video at will of the applicant)
we do not undertake. At the same time Uzbekistan is ours neighbour,
so, everything, that there occurs good or not so, has the certain
interest for readers of "Megapolis". Offering to readers
the given material, and more precisely, the story of the so-called
chamber agent, we hope for meaningful dialogue with all interested
parties and competent bodies. Whether the information will prove to
be true or will be denied while to tell difficultly. Anyway, we very
much hope for understanding.
Torture is not attempt, but only quartering.
- My real name is Rakhmanov Alexander. 1963 year of a birth. The citizen
of Uzbekistan, - told at once the agent of special service of the
next state. - in 1981 in prison of Bukhara I have been enlisted as
the chamber agent personally by the chief of a criminal investigation
department Vladimir Norov. My curator then was operative worker Rifkat
Gubajdullin and Zakir Almatov , who now is Minister of Internal Affairs
of Uzbekistan. (on January, 5th, 2006 by the Decree of president of
the Republic of Uzbekistan Zakir Almatov is dismissed of the post
of the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ). Under their
personal instruction created by me within the precincts of prison
the so-called funeral command during many years finished with objectionable
people. We them smothered, dug in the ground, poured with not slaked
lime and poured with water. On my conscience there are hundred ruined
lives. I can not live more under such heavy burden. I can not eat
and breathe easily and freely too I can not.
The agent (probably, former) has suddenly broken off, has stooped.
Has pressed the gray-haired head in sloping shoulders at which the
shabby sweater of 50 sizes was looked how an adult pea jacket on a
children's plastic coat hanger. Pause was tightened. The hand was
mechanically pulled to a pack with cigarettes.
- I started to work in a cellar of the Department of Internal Affairs
of city of Bukhara. In camp only was registered, and live all time
on freedom, - continued the story my interlocutor. - under orders
of the chief of a secret-service department I took root into various
criminal groupings, helped to open crimes. As appeared I could do
it so masterly, that I had huge authority among a militian management
and enjoyed at generals unlimited trust. They for hundred percent
have been assured, that I never shall let down and also I shall execute
in the best possible way.
- What in the best possible way will execute ?!
- The order!
" To me charged to kill unfamiliar, but as approved above, people
very dangerous to the state. Ordered to kill under examination people
, whom it was not permissible for any reasons to live before litigation.
The so-called funeral command created by me did it professionally.
Besides, our zonder -command broke in chambers the people under investigation
. Smothered, tortured , forced and almost quartered. That the inspector
did not presume to himself, we chamber agents, do it privately. My
pseudonym –Magomed.
Further Alex-Magomed has in detail told, how he has come to be in
places of imprisonment and why began to cooperate actively with administration
of Bukhara prison. Has told about why has agreed to play a mean role
of "stool pigeon" and what wished to receive in exchange.
Thus, the chamber agent did not hide vanity. He was proud of that
made. Somewhere even savored, that he in due time appreciated in the
Service of National Safety of the of the Soviet Union as " the
irreplaceable and clever employee " to whom during tens years
charged " very responsible tasks".
- In thieves' or black prison "aul" I have created special
cellar. My powers were huge. Kadyrov Radzhab Kadyrovich was the chief
of prison. Now he is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs – chief of the General management by execution of punishment
of Uzbekistan. He gave me imperous powers, whom where to transfer
from chambers and prison blocks. I have choose my own secret-service
command. Personally I had smart conditions. People on freedom sometimes
did not presume such glamour. Certainly, such comfort should be fulfilled:
torture, to hang up, quarter in the chamber. From prison cellars of
Bukhara I left in other cellars of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
and there too tortured people. My agents worked on receiving indications
in connection with fulfilment of grave crimes - robberies, murders,
transit of drugs. Then began the strip of so-called vahhabits . Those
people who have started to create problems for official authority
of Uzbekistan. They agitated for overthrow of authority, creation
in our country of halifat. Our problem was to reveal active workers
of such currents as "hizb-ut-tahrir" and Islamic movement
of Uzbekistan. To find and neutralize them. First, we should find
vahhabits and help bodies to lead up their criminal cases to court.
Doing that show to public their mean essence. Pier, the president
Islam Karimov successfully struggles with Islamic intervention. Exposes
intrigues of the ideological enemies, who suddenly have become enemies
of people. Here you are , misters democrats, official statistics,
show trails above conspirators, opinions of simple people, lawful
reaction of authorities and so on and so forth. Actually so-called
vahhabits were killed by our hands in hundreds without trial and investigation.
To destroy vahhabits became honourable.
According to the former agent of special service of Uzbekistan on
nickname Magomed , come to the newspaper with a repentance, vahhabits
in Uzbekistan already for a long time are outlawed.
- As vahhabits arranged explosions in cities, attempts at president
Karimov and his nearest environment, i.e. used terrorist methods,
to us, to chamber agents, the heads drumed into heads, that we, killing
them without analysis, do good business. That we protect the state
from terrorists. As a matter of fact, our president Islam Karimov
had a support of world community. Everyone have been assured, that
our president struggles with a world harm, and did not condemn him.
At Karimov hands have been completely untied. And now before our "zonder-command"
there was other problem, more refined. We should reveal all without
exception vahhabits , catch them, torture, break, force. To break
vahhabit, to beat out from him the necessary information, it was necessary
to make of him the weak-willed person. Therefore in prison cellars
did with them everything, that they would like. Humiliated. Forced.
Deprived human dignity. Investigators such methods, naturally, could
not apply. For this purpose, I repeat, there were we are, agents.
And secret chambers for this purpose were available. They have been
equipped in such a manner that shout in them, do not shout - all the
same nobody will hear. The main thing - under tortures to extract
result. And we extracted this result. And that these people did not
cause around of themselves an agiotage and did not look fighters for
a celebration of an islam, them has been decided "to kill "
without trial and investigation .
- How it usually occured?
- The person noticed in propaganda or distemper, under various pretexts
detained, closed in the chamber for finding-out of the person, and
then released under a subscription about non-0leaving a place. When
the person left militia and went home, our funeral command attacked
him, killed, brought to in advance prepared place and poured with
lime. Not slaked lime, water and the ground from a corpse did unrecognizable
medley. Here such democratic methods. After "object" has
been destroyed, the militiaman came to relatives and asked, where
that person whom have released under a subscription about non-leaving
the place? Relatives spoke: we do not know. He did not come home .
So legends that our militia kind, and vahhabits - criminals were born.
A pier, he have released, and has run away, despite of our kindness,
and prepares for the next plot. And, that the most interesting, in
it ordinary employees of militia trusted. They sincerely searched
for such people. And at all did not suspect that the person vanished
not at his will. He was brutally killed. We killed. It is necessary
to stop such practice. So many people were already lost. And our lives
are ruined. Thousand people are involved in crimes. Around - the sea
of blood. It is terrible to think, how many it still can spill in
the future .
To kill women, conscience has not allowed.
The room, where has usually a rest or gathers for instructing a prison
agency, call chaihana. Accordingly the resident of an agency - chaihanshhik.
Exactly he, (as approves former agent Magomed) supplies agents by
meal, drugs, pays money for work, provides with habitation, defines
new problems and supervises their execution. Besides, so-called "state"
problems, the chaihanshhik can give to the agent personal requests.
For example, "influential mister " does not like citizen,
or somebody "had passed road " in business, or interferes
in private life. Then "zonder -command" of Magomed was entrusted
to strangle objectionable, and then forever to hide his transitory
body somewhere on waste ground in not slaked lime.
- When our funeral command finished with enemies of people or other
state criminals, to all of us would be like clearly. But when "orders"
for mere mortals began to act only because to any official they prevent
to move personal business, I have ceased to carry out orders. Has
left blind obedience of special services. So was, when our command
has received the order for murder of the woman, working women of a
registry office. as if she was engaged in the organization of underground
adoption of children. Actually, I think, she has passed road to any
high rank official. There is no person - there is no problem. But
I have refused of the execution of similar order. I have refused to
kill the woman who has children. Certainly, special services this
my liberty has not liked. So I have got in the category of "condemned
men". My "pupils" began to hunt for me from the funeral
command created by me.
The funeral command became uncontrollable.
Under statement of Magomed , in a secret-service network irreversible
processes have begun. " The lethal weight " became uncontrollable.
Even local agents began to be torn to authority. Change. Treachery.
To supervise and operate an agency it became problematic.
- Believe to me, chamber agents are the finished rabble. Behind soul
at them anything sacred. Do not recognize neither mother nor the father.
Many of them are finished addicts. Concepts of honour and decency
at them are not present and was not primary. In due time I took this
crowd in the criminal environment and brought up. Now this process
became uncontrollable. The addict for a doze will kill any. He becomes
worse than an animal. Animals do not kill similar, and these on everyone
will go. Seeing existing danger, I wish to put an end to it. The monster
created by me has ceased to be operated. Earlier I managed to keep
the iron order. Now it is not present. The country plunges into general
secret-service orgy.
The agent with the compromising evidence has disappeared on border.
- I had an assistant - the chief of a funeral command Garik Mukasjan.
He now lied in hiding on a bottom. He has a package of the documents
confirming all my words. There the facts: photos of victims, schemes
of burial places of the people killed by us and reports of agents.
Their indications, the voucher of money, denunciations. We for 15
years work together. We prepared documents on a case of the insurance.
I know methods of our special services. I understand, that, having
promulgated these data, I am not any more the tenant. That me can
destroy at any moment. In the country I outside of the law. Special
services conduct for me hunting. I know much. Also I represent for
authorities threat. It is a question of policy. Actually the authority
without trial and investigation destroyed the citizens. We wish to
transfer documents to you to give to publicity. I would like, that
the end to muddling has come, created with consent of authorities.
Let there will be no chambers of tortures and murders of innocent
people will stop. I think, that relatives of the people, considered
missing persons, and actually killed by us, will raise a wave of protests
on all country. I would not like, that blood has again started to
spill and disorders have begun. Fergana valley is very explosive.
- Do you have a family?
- Yes. I am married. I have got a son and the daughter. They are in
Tashkent. In Almaty I wished to earn a few money to send family in
a safe place. But the main thing for me now - to execute mission:
to stop in our country murder of the people, even considered violated
the law.
- Can you name surnames of the people forcing you to make murder?
- In prison with me worked Vladimir Norov, Rifkat Gubaidulin . In
Navoi - the lieutenant colonel on nickname Beriya. In the Ministry
of Internal Affairs - the chief of a secret-service department Israilov.
My curator was Zakir Almatov . Once he was only the deputy chief of
a criminal investigation department of the Tashkent area, then Minister
of Internal Affairs. From lieutenants and captains now those people
have turned to colonels and generals. Also manage destiny of innocent
people. Radjabov , Kadyrov, Usmanov were my curators. Now, all of
them at business and general should-straps . In those documents all
is listed in details about everyone. By sir names, by name, very powerfully
organized system. There is a special department "A". On
each agent the private affair is got. We - the shadow party of special
services. By us it has been destroyed more than 100 persons. As the
initiator of my murder, the high management of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of Uzbekistan can act. They do not have confidence, that I
shall go on such step and I shall inform the muddle, made by them.
They do not know, that I disappear in Kazakhstan. But they can get
me.I do not want to die simply so. I wish before Supreme to extenuate
my fault.
- Why, you did not address in mass-media of Uzbekistan?
Is it is impossible. There everywhere the militia. Freedom is not
present. Me, there would braid at once, not having given even a mouth
to open. I should deliver a small suitcase with documents. To not
be proofless. But I all the same shall lose the head. I know one:
I can not go to remedial organizations and foreign representations
without any proofs .It is necessary to go with documents. We planned
to go to Moscow. Far and there is many cordons. There can shake somewhere
on border - and the end .
Sum with three unknown.
After that accusatory application about evil deeds of special services
of Uzbekistan and firm promise to deliver in edition " a suitcase
with confirming material " agent Magomed- Alex- Alexander Rakhmanov
(under the passport) has completely disappeared. As into water has
sunk. I.e. in the promised term on communication with edition of "Megapolis
" the chamber agent from a neighbouring country has not come.
From edition
The agent of special service of a neighbouring country on nickname
Magomed has disappeared, but questions in connection with his disappearance
remains much. Whether really Magomed worked on the Service of National
Safety and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan? What value
he represented for bodies? Or, is he not the chamber agent for whom
himself gives out, but speculator? It is possible to assume also,
that Magomed is a product of the certain forces aspiring by all means
spite to existing authority and to discredit it in opinion of world
community. It is a lot of variants. At the same time it is necessary
to consider, that the next Uzbekistan was shaken already with sensational
cases, in particular, investigated by Gdlyan and Ivanov in 80th years.
By inspectors of the State Office of Public Prosecutor of the Soviet
Union on especially important issues then have been proved not only
the facts of corruption in the high echelons of power, but also in
parallel the detected crimes connected with tortures of ordinary Uzbek
citizens in " cellars and torture chambers " of authorities.
Besides, the Andijan events are still fresh in memory, where also
it has been spilled a lot of blood. According to eyewitnesses of those
events, reprisals took place and even tortures. (Vladimir Severny,