Investigation Update

A.F., Galiakbarova L.I., Ampilov A.A., Ionkin Sh.I., Dolgikh S.V., Kamenchuk O.N., Tolstova L.P., Yanysh L.V., Sapnikov V.V., Dudka O.M., Kvitkovskaya V.F., Lupensky T.I., Mamaeva E.K., Kravtsova N.D. and others, 295 people in total.

Within the requested investigation period, it was not possible to establish the whereabouts of all victims who changed their place of residence due to the large number of these persons—393 people—as well as the lack of information about their new addresses in the requested departure cards.

Additional instructions have been sent regarding the interrogation of witnesses and victims and the clarification of new addresses of victims to the Volgodonsk City Internal Affairs Department (UVD), the investigative service of the UFSB RF for Moscow, as well as to other territorial bodies regarding the identification and interrogation of persons who left the Rostov region for permanent or temporary residence after the explosion. To date, these instructions are being executed, as work on them requires a significant amount of time.

Due to the lack of a unified centralized accounting of funds directed at the liquidation of the consequences of the explosion in the Volgodonsk city administration, the exact amount of damage caused by the crime has not been established to date. The Volgodonsk Department of the FSB Directorate for the Rostov Region has been instructed to request the relevant organizations and official structures of ministries and departments.

Next Steps in Investigation

In the process of further investigation, it is necessary to perform the following:

• Upon the detention of the accused in this case, conduct the necessary complex of investigative actions with their participation (presentation of charges, interrogations, identifications, familiarization with orders on the appointment of expert examinations, expert opinions, and others).
• Continue work on establishing the whereabouts of persons according to the list of victims, including those who left for permanent residence in other regions of Russia and the CIS, interrogate them and, if there are grounds, recognize them as victims and civil plaintiffs in the case.
• Based on the results of search measures and analysis of incoming materials, conduct other necessary investigative actions aimed at clarifying all the circumstances of the preparation and commission of the crime and identifying possible accomplices.

Taking into account that a significant volume of investigative actions and operational-