FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

DIRECTORATE FOR THE CITY OF MOSCOW AND MOSCOW REGION

July 12, 2002 No. 1/1409

To the Deputy of the State Duma
of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
S.A. Kovalev

Dear Sergei Adamovich!

Your inquiry has been reviewed by the Federal Security Service. Regarding the substance of the questions raised, we inform you that the criminal case of interest to you is being handled by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, where a preliminary investigation is currently underway.
In accordance with Article 161 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, data from a preliminary investigation may be made public only with the permission of the prosecutor, investigator, or inquirer, and only to the extent that they deem permissible, and also if disclosure does not contradict the interests of the preliminary investigation and is not associated with an infringement on the rights and legitimate interests of the participants in the criminal proceedings.

Respectfully,

Acting Head of the Directorate
[signature] A.A. Piskarev