The period of preliminary investigation in criminal case No. 103 [is extended] to thirty-four months

I EXTEND

Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
State Counselor of Justice
1st Class

[signature]
V.V. Kolmogorov

"05" March 2002

RESOLUTION

on initiating a petition to extend the period of preliminary investigation

City of Moscow February 28, 2002

Investigator for particularly important cases of the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia, Captain of Justice V.A. Ignatyev, having reviewed the materials of criminal case No. 103 on the charges against A.Sh. Gochiyayev and others for committing crimes provided for by Part 3 of Art. 205 and Part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,

HAS ESTABLISHED:

• This criminal case was initiated based on the facts of the explosions on September 8 and 13, 1999, in the city of Moscow, of two residential apartment buildings: No. 19 on Guryanova St. and No. 6, bldg. 3 on Kashirskoye Highway.
• As a result of a complex of planned investigative actions and operational-search measures carried out in cooperation with the operational units of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, sufficient evidence was obtained regarding the commission of the investigated acts of terrorism by an organized criminal group from among the members of Chechen illegal armed formations under the leadership of A.Sh. Gochiyayev, which also included Yu.I. Krymshamkhalov, T.A. Batchayev, A.O. Dekkushev, D.F. Saitakov, and Kh.M. Abayev.