General Prosecutor's Office

of the Russian Federation
15a B. Dmitrovka St.
Moscow, Russia, GSP-9, 101999

27.12.2002 No. 27/1-55s-99

To the Head of the Investigative
Department of the FSB of Russia

Lieutenant General of Justice

S.D. Balashov

Dear Sergey Dmitrievich!

Criminal case No. 103 is currently being handled by the Investigative Department of the FSB of Russia. This case combines three criminal cases initiated on:
* 09.09.1999 under Articles 205 and 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation regarding the explosion of a residential building on Guryanova St. in Moscow;
* 13.09.1999 under Articles 205 and 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation regarding the explosion of a residential building on Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow;
* 16.09.1999 under Articles 205 and 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation regarding the explosion at the entrance of a residential building on Oktyabrskoye Highway in Volgodonsk.

During the preliminary investigation, it was established that the acts of terrorism were committed by a group consisting of: Gochiyayev A.Sh., Krymshamkhalov Yu.I., Batchayev T.A., Dekkushev A.O., Saitakov D.F., Abayev Kh.M., who were charged in absentia under Part 3 of Art. 205 and Part 3 of Art. 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Currently, Krymshamkhalov has been detained and charged under the specified articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In addition to the charges already filed, Krymshamkhalov's actions show signs of a crime provided for by Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Considering that, according to Art. 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, preliminary investigation of criminal cases involving crimes provided for by Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is conducted exclusively by investigators of the prosecutor's office, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 9 of Art. 37 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, I request that the criminal case against Yu.I. Krymshamkhalov be immediately separated from criminal case No. 103 into a separate proceeding and transferred for further investigation to the Department for the Investigation of Especially Important Cases of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation (index 18).

Deputy General Prosecutor
of the Russian Federation

State Counselor
of Justice, 1st Class
[signature] V.V. Kolmogorov

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