Decision

• Continue investigative and operational-search measures in the places of residence of the accused on the territory of the Stavropol Krai and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.
• Conduct other necessary investigative actions and search measures to clarify all circumstances of the preparation and commission of the crime and to identify possible accomplices.

Taking into account that a significant volume of investigative actions and operational-search measures remains to be performed in the case and it is not possible to finish the preliminary investigation by the deadline established by law, i.e., by March 16, 2000, guided by the requirements of Articles 92, 97, and 133 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

DECIDED:

To initiate a petition before the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to extend the period of the preliminary investigation in criminal case No. 173 to nine months, i.e., until June 16, 2000.

Head of the investigative department
of the UFSB RF for the Rostov Region
Colonel of Justice [signature] E.I. Protsenko

TRUE COPY
Investigator [signature] Romanovsky V.V.

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