Interview with captured Russian's officer

23 Nov 1999 Russian Prisoner No. 1: Alex Calcun, ID No. 466-1571, First Officer in Intelligence and Reconnaissance, 92-154 Division

From Grozny, Chechnya, 23 November 1999.

Transcripts of video-filmed nterviews with captured Russian soldiers, amongst them officers and amongst them ordinary soldiers. Some of them gave themselves up whilst others were captured. The video of the interviews will be released on this web-site very soon insha-Allah. These prisoners are from different military sections stationed both inside Chechnya and outside it along its borders.

Amongst them are those that work for External Military Intelligence and amongst them are those that work for the Special Air Forces. All of their interviews were carried out by the Mujahideen leadership, amongst them Field Commander Khattab, Commander Abu Zar and Commander Ismail. We have disclosed the Military Number of the prisoner at the start, for credibility of these reports only, so that anyone can independently verify this information.

Question 1: Identify yourself

Answer 1: First Officer in the Russian Military Intelligence. Originally Russian. I was born in Ukraine. My age is 49 years old, married, with one son. I am an assistant to a Corps Commander in Reconnaissance Forces in the 92-154 Brigade. My name is Alex Calcun and my identification number is 466-1571.

Question 2: How were you captured?

Answer 2: I was captured inside the Chechen Republic in the Tereek Province, near to the city of Banibort, by the Chechen Border Patrol. There were three of us who left in three military trucks to the Chechen border. There was our head, who was a Corps Commander, myself and my friend, a First Officer. We were met by a civilian car driven by a Chechen named Abdul-Laeef, one of the agents of the Russian Intelligence. We entered Chechnya and on the way we were stopped by armed Chechens. They questioned us in the Chechen language and as we were unable to reply to them, they took us out of the car and we were placed in captivity.

Question 3: What were the operations or targets that you were tasked with?

Answer 3: Our target was to establish a base in this border town of Banibort in order to get to know the roads and the area in general. We had sub-machine-guns in our cases and handguns fitted with silencers. We had to prepare a reconnaissance position for another group comprising seven men equipped with everything from explosives materials, directional mines and range-finding equipment. Our objective was to distribute mines on the roads used by the Mujahideen and the roads used by the refugee convoys. The reason behind these actions was to instil fear and terror into the people prior to the invasion of the Russian forces. (When asked about the reason behind hitting the refugee convoys, he replied that they would blame the Mujahideen for that. This in turn would create problems between the Mujahideen and the common people, helping the Russian Media to portray the Mujahideen as killers and bandits.) After that we were to return by car, or if we had any problems, to meet up at a rendez-vous point and then to radio for a helicopter to pick us up.

Question 4: Is there a new strategy of the Russian forces in their second war against the Mujahideen after the first war? What are the objectives of the Russian forces in this war?

Answer 4: I do not know but I do know that we have failed so far.

Question 5: What is your opinion on the state of the Russian Army?

Answer 5: The morale of the Russian Army is very low indeed because most of the people know that it is an unjust war and they know what the outcome of this war will be. The majority have seen that the ones worse affected by this war are the children, women, old men and ordinary people. The evidence for this is that hitting refugee convoys is one of our objectives. The politics in Moscow behind this war is not just. It is the Russians who are fighting inside Chechnya, not the Chechens who are fighting inside Russia.

Question 6: What is your opinion about the morale of the Mujahideen in Chechnya?

Answer 6: These people are the ones who will win this war, because they are defending their belief, their religion, their honour and their homeland. As for us, we do not have a cause to fight for.

Question 7: What are the reasons behind this war against the Chechen Republic?

Answer 7: The reasons are clear: the Generals and the politicians are struggling for rank, status and money and they do not see the poor state of the soldiers with their lack of food supplies and in the extreme cold. This war has no meaning to it at all.

Question 8: Who do you think will be victorious or gain the upper hand in this war?

Answer 8: We will leave Chechnya quickly and soon.

Question 9: What do you wish to say to the Russian Government and to the Russian Military Leadership?

Answer 9: To Russia I say that it must end this war before it leads to the disintegration of Russia and solve the problem of Chechnya. Or it must grant independence to Chechnya because the Mujahideen and the Chechen people are well-versed and experienced in warfare and they are intent on fighting to the very end.

And to compound the info, provided by Blackjack, - Russians recently tested a production prototype (ready to roll off the works) of the new S300 generation (S400? S350?), that flatly detects stealths; in case of F117 it is identified as an ordinary small-sized target, the rest is history... for that F117.

TO THE ADMIRERS OF THE RUSSIAN BEAR THAT TERRORISED THH WHOLE EASTERN EUROPE:
WE DEFEATED YOU IN THE COLD WAR WE SAVED THE WORLD FROM THE RUSSIAN IMPERILIASM AND FASCISM .YOU CANNOT WIN A SMALL NUMBER OF GUERILLAS JUST 10000 AND YOU DREAM OF DEFEATING AMERICA ROFL!! YOU ARE BEHIND IN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY YOUR ARMY IS POORLY EQUIPPED AND IMMORALISED ACCORDING TO BBC. YOU HAVE TRAINING PROBLEMS EVERY YEAR MORE AND MORE OF YOUR EQUIPMENT BECOMES OLD AND OBSOLETE YOU DO NOT MODERNISE AT ALL YOUR ARMY AND YOU STILL WANT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN CITIES WITH NUCLEAR!!
STALIN WAS WORST THAN HITLER
RUSSIANS AND NAZIS ARE EQUALLY DANGEROUS
COMPARE OUR MILITARY CAMPAIGNS WE TRIUMPHED IN IRAQ AND IN KOSOVO WE JUST LOOSE ONE F117 WHILE YOUR LOSSES IN CHECHENYA ARE ENORMOUS IN BOTH WARS
I AM SURE THAT AMERICANS COULD WIN THE CHECHEN REBELS IN 6 MONTHS .
P.S AT LEAST IN ALABAMA WE DO NOT STARVE AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE CRIMINALITY OF RUSSIA
TO KISSIE:
KISS THE AMERICAN FLAG
AS JAMES BROWN SANG:
LIVING IN AMERICA!!!
IN ROCKY 4
WHEN THE AMERICAN HERO WINS THE RUSSIAN INSIDE MOSCOW!!!