Quotes by Nikolai Shepel

“At the present moment, federal forces have clashed with certain armed bands. Steps are being taken to eliminate the bandits,”

“They took back roads and there may have been no police posts, so thats why they got through without obstacles,”

“Weve been questioning victims, witnesses, employees of the special services, specialists in mines and explosives ? and we are filtering what they have told us through the physical evidence so that we can establish a three-dimensional picture of what was happening at the scene,”

“Investigators have no evidence suggesting that special services were in any way involved in the seizure.”

“The expert analysis did not find mistakes in the actions of members of the crisis centre.”

“The courts decision should have a sobering effect on those who want to go down the path of terrorism, so that they know their only future is an unmarked grave.”