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RESOLUTION

on initiating a petition to extend the period of preliminary investigation

Moscow “ 22 ” January 2003

Senior Investigator for Particularly Important Cases of the Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, Senior Counselor of Justice Zipunnikov I.I.,

having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 18/230300-02,

HAS ESTABLISHED:

On January 14, 2003, criminal cases against the accused

• A.O. Dekkushev and Yu.I. Krymshamkhalov, which were separated into separate proceedings on September 9, 2002, and January 9, 2003, respectively, 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, were merged into a single proceeding. The merged criminal case was accepted for my proceeding on January 14, 2003.
• On September 9, 1999, criminal case No. 275209 was initiated regarding the fact of the explosion in residential building No. 19 on Guryanova St. in Moscow. On September 13, 1999, criminal cases No. 275210 were initiated regarding the fact of 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,

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“ I EXTEND ”
the period of preliminary investigation in criminal case No. 18/230300-02
to forty-four months

First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
(name of the prosecutor's office, rank, surname, initials of the prosecutor)
State Counselor of Justice 1st Class
[signature] Yu.S. Biryukov
“22” January 2003