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Prosecutor's Office on the progress of the investigation into the Moscow bombings

General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation

15a B. Dmitrovka St.
27.02.2002 # 27/1-55s-99

T. & Y. Morozov 9015 North Iroqecsi Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53217

Your appeal regarding criminal case # 103 has been reviewed by the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation with an examination of the necessary materials.

I inform you that the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia continues to investigate the criminal case regarding the acts of terrorism committed in September 1999 in the city of Moscow - the bombings of two residential buildings at 19 Guryanova St. and 6 Kashirskoye Highway, bldg. 3g, as a result of which 228 people died, and 502 citizens suffered moral and physical harm.

The totality of the evidence collected allows us to assert that the mentioned crimes have been solved.

After the bombings were committed, none of the perpetrators returned to their places of permanent residence; they all went into hiding from law enforcement agencies.

Through measures taken during the search for the perpetrators in the zones of counter-terrorist operations in March 2000, the criminal group of L.Sh. Gochiyaev, consisting of M. Bostanov, A. Bostanov, T. Frantsuzov, M. Tuganbaev, and M. Bayramukov, was identified and neutralized. This group had been equipped and sent from the territory of Chechnya to commit further acts of terrorism in Moscow and the North Caucasus. During the investigation, the version of their involvement in the bombings of the two residential buildings in Moscow was thoroughly checked; however, no evidence of guilt in committing these acts of terrorism was obtained. The criminal case against the aforementioned individuals was heard by the Stavropol Krai Court on November 14, 2001, and they were all convicted for participation in illegal armed formations and the commission of an act of terrorism.

Senior Prosecutor of the Department for Supervision of the Execution of Laws on Federal Security of the General Prosecutor's Office of Russia S.I. Kusyakin