Resolution on Initiating a Petition to Extend the Term of the Preliminary Investigation

city of Rostov-on-Don, December 5, 2001

Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Investigation Department of the FSB Directorate of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Region, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Kruglov A.V., having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 173,

HAS ESTABLISHED:

• The present criminal case was initiated by the investigation department of the FSB Directorate of the RF for the Rostov Region 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.
• The case concerns the fact of the explosion of an improvised explosive device committed on September 16, 1999, near residential building No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse St. in the city of Volgodonsk, Rostov Region.
• As a result of the explosion:
  • The facade of the 1st section of the specified residential building collapsed.
  • 19 people died.
  • More than 1500 citizens suffered health damage of varying severity.
  • Residential buildings, structures, and facilities located in the explosion area were damaged.
  • The supply of electricity and gas was interrupted.
  • Water supply was disrupted.

Extension of Preliminary Investigation Term

The term of the preliminary investigation in criminal case No. 173 is EXTENDED to thirty months, i.e., until 16.03.2002.

Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District, State Counselor of Justice 1st Class
[Signature]
S.N. Fridinsky
December 17, 2001.