RESOLUTION

on initiating a petition to extend the term of the preliminary investigation

Rostov-on-Don, June 5, 2000

Head of the Investigative Department of the FSB Directorate of Russia for the Rostov Region, Colonel of Justice Protsenko E.I., having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 173, initiated on September 16, 1999, on the grounds of crimes provided for by paragraphs "a", "e", "zh" of part 2 of Article 105 and part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, -

HAS ESTABLISHED:

• This criminal case was initiated by the investigative department of the FSB Directorate of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Region regarding the explosion of an improvised explosive device on September 16, 1999, at 05:57 AM in the city of Volgodonsk at 35 Oktyabrskoye Shosse, near entrance No. 4.
• As a result of the explosion, the facade of section 1 of building No. 35 (entrances 3 and 4) collapsed.
• More than 1,300 people sought medical assistance at the city's medical institutions; 89 people were hospitalized in the Central City Hospital (TsGB), including 16 children; 8 of those hospitalized were in serious condition.
• During the clearing of the rubble, 18 deceased were recovered and taken to the morgue, including 2 children; another victim died in the hospital.

I EXTEND

First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, State Counselor of Justice 2nd Class
[Signature] Yu.S. Biryukov
June 15, 2000

The term of the preliminary investigation for criminal case No. 173 is extended to fifteen months, i.e., until December 16, 2000.