Mutallibov interview, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 2 April 1992 §

The single most consequential primary-source moment of the Khojaly story. In this interview the outgoing Azerbaijani president stated that the humanitarian corridor north of Khojaly had existed and that the bodies near it "were shot with deliberate cruelty"; he also implied that the Azerbaijani Popular Front had let the killings happen in order to bring down his government. Cost Mutallibov his presidency. Widely cited in Memorial, HRW, and de Waal accounts. The original Russian text is in the Nezavisimaya Gazeta archive; English translations vary in fidelity.