Appendix 169

N 86

APPROVED
(agreed, not agreed)
Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
State Counselor of Justice, 1st Class
(name of the prosecution body, class rank, surname, initials of the prosecutor)
[signature] V.V. Kolmogorov
(signature)
October 24, 2002

DECISION

on filing a petition before the court to extend the period of detention of the accused

Moscow, October 24, 2002
(place of drafting)
Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Department for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, Senior Counselor of Justice Zipunnikov I.I.,
(name of the preliminary investigation body, class rank or title, surname, initials of the investigator)
having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 18/230300-02,

ESTABLISHED:

• The present criminal case against the accused A.O. Dekkushev was separated into separate proceedings on September 9, 2002, from criminal case No. 103, initiated regarding the facts of explosions in residential buildings in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, in September 1999.
• On September 9, 1999, criminal case No. 275209 was initiated regarding the explosion in residential building No. 19 on Guryanova St. in Moscow.
• On September 13, 1999, criminal cases No. 275210 were initiated regarding the explosion in residential building No. 6, building 3 on Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow, and No. 75908 in connection with the discovery at the address: Moscow, Borisovskie Prudy St., house 16, building 2, of the explosive substance "ammonal" weighing about 1000 kg, as well as electric detonators, intermediate detonators, and clockwork fuses.
• On September 22, 1999, the above-mentioned criminal cases were merged into a single proceeding under No. 103.
• On September 16, 1999, criminal case No. 173 was initiated regarding the explosion in the courtyard of residential building No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse in Volgodonsk, Rostov Region.
• On August 8, 2002, this criminal case was merged into a single proceeding with the aforementioned criminal case No. 103, initiated regarding the facts of explosions in residential buildings in Moscow.
• During the investigation of the criminal case, it was established that the terrorist acts — explosions in residential buildings in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk in September 1999 — were committed by an organized criminal group, whose members were leaders and participants of illegal armed formations on the territory of the Chechen Republic: Emir Ibn Al-Khattab, Abu Al-Walid Al-Hamidi, Gochiyayev A.Sh., Saitakov D.F., Krymshamkhalov Yu.I., Batchaev T.A., Abaev Kh.M., Dekkushev A.O., and a number of other persons not identified by the investigation.