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• ...command of Khattab, where the wanted defendants Dekkushev and Abaev were also located.
• Along with this, the investigation obtained and documented data that in early March 2000, near the settlement of Makhkety in the Vedeno district of the ChR (Chechen Republic), the defendant Saitakov died during an artillery shelling by Federal forces of a column of militants under the leadership of the aforementioned Khattab.
• With the measures taken, it was not possible to detain any of the wanted defendants within the eighteen-month period of the preliminary investigation, in connection with which, on March 5, 2001, it was extended by the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to 22 months, that is, until July 9, 2001.
• During the extended period of the investigation into the case, work continued to establish the locations of the members of Gochiyaev's criminal group and their detention, verify the fact of Saitakov's death, collect additional evidence of their participation in armed formations not provided for by federal law, and the continuation of their illegal activities.
• Thus, in March-April of this year, on the territory of the Chechen Republic, together with the Operational-Search Directorate of the 2nd Department of the FSB of Russia and with the participation of eyewitnesses to the death of the defendant Saitakov, witnesses Atuov R.K.-A. and Nazarov A.V., a special operation was conducted to verify testimony about the burial of the deceased near the settlements of Makhkety, Khatuni, and Selmentauzen in the Vedeno district of the ChR.
• However, it was not possible to inspect the site of the defendant's death and exhume his remains due to the fact that Atuov and Nazarov were unable to orient themselves on the terrain and indicate not only the site of Saitakov's death but also the route of movement of the militant column, during the artillery shelling of which he died in March 2000.
• In connection with this, the plan for further work on the case was adjusted to identify new witnesses capable of indicating Saitakov's burial site.
• Data has been obtained and procedurally secured in the case regarding Gochiyaev's presence from October 2000 to the present on the territory of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic for the purpose of creating an illegal arm-

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