Appendix 16

DECISION

on conducting a preliminary investigation
by an investigative group

Moscow, August 8, 2002
(place of drafting)

Prosecutor: Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, State Counselor of Justice 1st Class, V.V. Kolmogorov,
(name of the prosecutor's office, class rank, surname, initials of the prosecutor)
having considered the petition of the head of the investigative department, head of the 3rd department of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia, Colonel of Justice V.P. Betenkov, regarding criminal case No. 103,
(name of the preliminary investigation body, class rank, rank, surname, initials of the head of the investigative department)

HAS ESTABLISHED:

• The present criminal case was initiated regarding the facts of explosions in residential buildings in the cities of Moscow and Volgodonsk, Rostov Region, in September 1999.
  (the circumstances of the criminal case and the grounds for conducting the investigation by an investigative group are set forth)
• Taking into account the complexity of the investigation of the criminal case by an investigative group and its large volume, the conduct of the preliminary investigation must be assigned to an investigative group.
• Based on the above and guided by Article 163 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation,

HAS DECIDED:

1. To assign the conduct of criminal case No. 103 to an investigative group consisting of:
   • investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Captain of Justice V.A. Ignatiev,
     (name of the preliminary investigation body, class ranks or ranks, surnames, initials of all investigators included in the investigative group)
   • investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Lieutenant Colonel of Justice A.V. Kruglov,
   • investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Lieutenant Colonel of Justice O.A. Shishkin,
   • investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Major of Justice M.V. Bodrov,
   • senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Captain of Justice V.V. Romanovsky,
   • senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Captain of Justice M.A. Savitsky,
   • senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Captain of Justice A.A. Kartavy,
   • senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Senior Lieutenant of Justice M.V. Lipko,
   • head of the investigative group of the UFSB of Russia for the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Major of Justice S.I. Samokhodkin,
   • head of the investigative group of the Service in Kavminvody of the UFSB of Russia for the Stavropol Territory Lieutenant Colonel of Justice V.G. Enin,
   • senior investigator of the UFSB of Russia for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Captain of Justice A.Kh. Khasauov,
   • investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Captain of Justice A.V. Grigorenko,
   • senior investigator of the Investigative Directorate of the FSB of Russia Captain of Justice M.G. Bobrov.