RESOLUTION

on initiating a petition to extend the period of preliminary investigation

Rostov-on-Don March 2, 2000

Head of the investigative department of the FSB Directorate of Russia for the Rostov region, Colonel of Justice Protsenko E.I., having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 173, initiated 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, -

ESTABLISHED:

• The present criminal case was initiated by the investigative department of the FSB Directorate of the Russian Federation for the Rostov region regarding the explosion of an improvised explosive device on September 16, 1999, at 05:57 in the city of Volgodonsk on Oktyabrskoye Shosse, house No. 35, near entrance No. 4.
• As a result of the explosion, the facade part of the 1st section of house No. 35 (entrances 3 and 4) collapsed.
• More than 1,300 people sought medical assistance at the city's medical institutions.
• 89 people were hospitalized in the Central City Hospital, including 16 children, 8 of those hospitalized are in serious condition.
• During the clearing of the rubble, 18 deceased were extracted and delivered to the morgue, including 2 children, and one more victim died in the hospital.

Extension of Preliminary Investigation Period

The period of preliminary investigation in criminal case No. 173 is extended to nine months, i.e., until June 16, 2000.

"I EXTEND"

Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
State Counselor of Justice 1st Class
KOLMOGOROV V.V.
March 15, 2000