Alexey Viktorovich Galkin ( ) is a former Russian GRU officer . A senior lieutenant of the GRU , Alexei Galkin said , whilst being tortured by Chechen separatists , commanded by Abu Movsaev , that the apartment bombing in Buynaksk were organized by a team of twelve GRU officers and ordered by GRU director Valentin Korabelnikov The interview of Galkin was conducted by journalist Robert Young Pelton , who was also interviewing Abu Movsaev , who wrote about it in his book '' Hunter , Hammer , Heaven , Dangerous Journeys Through Three Worlds Gone Mad '' . Galkin later escaped from Chechen separatists and stated that he was tortured to produce this confession Galkin was captured during the Second Chechen military campaign by Chechen separatists group of Abu Movsaev near Mozdok on October 3 , 1999 . Together with Colonel Ivanov Zariko Amiranovich and senior lieutenant Vladimir Pachomov they insisted they were attempting to evacuate the relatives of Chechen , Russian Army collaborator Visani , who asked the Russian Army to evacuate his younger brother . After crossing the border to place explosives , they were ambushed and surrounded by separatists , after which they were repeatedly beaten , with amongst other things rifle butts . Together with Pachomov they were driven to Grozny
apartment bombing in Buynaksk
Russian apartment bombings
Aleksey Galkin