Resolution

...search operations and to conclude the preliminary investigation by the deadline established by law, i.e., by December 16, 2001, is not possible; guided by the requirements of Articles 127 and 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, -

RESOLVED:

• To initiate a petition before the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation for the extension of the preliminary investigation period for criminal case No. 173 to thirty months, i.e., until March 16, 2002.

Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases
of the Investigative Department of the FSB Directorate of Russia
for the Rostov Region
Lieutenant Colonel of Justice [signature] A.V. Kruglov

"APPROVED"

Head of the Investigative Department
of the FSB Directorate of Russia
for the Rostov Region
Colonel of Justice [signature] E.I. Protsenko

[Stamp: Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Region. FOR INQUIRIES]

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INVESTIGATOR [signature] [illegible]