DEPUTY PROSECUTOR GENERAL OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION — CHIEF MILITARY PROSECUTOR

Address: 14 Kholzunova Lane, Moscow, Russia, K-160
Date/Number: 23.08.02 No. 3u-176
In response to No.: 2342-KS dated 02.08.2002

To: Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov

Dear Sergei Adamovich!

Your appeal regarding serviceman Private Alexei Pinyaev has been received by the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office and reviewed.

It has been established that:
* Alexei Pinyaev is not listed as having performed military service in the 137th Ryazan Regiment of the Airborne Forces in 1999-2000.
* No criminal case against Pinyaev has been initiated by the military prosecutor's office.

Respectfully,
Lieutenant General of Justice [signature] A.N. Savenkov

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