Volgodonsk Scene Inspection Protocols

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N 8

To the Head of the Investigative Department of the UFSB of the RF for the Rostov Region

In accordance with your request, we are placing at your disposal video materials filmed at the site of the explosion on 16.09.99.

Editor-in-Chief
of LLC "SKTV"
TRC "Volgodonsky Vestnik" [signature]
M. V. Slinko

21.09.99.

TRUE COPY
Investigator [signature] Romanovsky V.V.

[Stamp: Investigative Directorate ... FOR inquiries 3]

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No. 8

56

7. General view of the crater from the explosion in the yard of house No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse.

8. Damaged units, equipment, and parts of the car from the explosion. Shown as No. 1 on the plan-diagram.

CERTIFIED COPY
Investigator [signature] Romanovsky V.V.

[Stamp: Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation * Investigative Department * For inquiries 3]

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Damage Assessment Photographs

Section 3: General View Against Explosion Crater

  • General view against the background of the explosion crater of building fragments of the facade part of the 3rd and 4th block-sections.
  • The photograph shows the nature of the damage from the explosion of the South wall of the 3rd block-section.
  • It also shows the paths of fire spread from the premises of the 5th floor of the second opening from the South wall of the 3rd block-section into the premises of the 6th floor of the first opening from the South wall of the 3rd block-section.

Section 3: General View of Building Fragments

  • General view of building fragments of the rear part of the 4th and 5th block-sections.
  • The photograph shows:
    • Traces of fire on the 5th floor in the 3rd opening from the North wall of the 4th block-section.
    • Traces of fire on the 5th floor in the 1st opening from the South wall of the 3rd block-section.
    • The spread of fire to the 6th and 7th floors.

TRUE COPY

Investigator Romanovsky V.V.
(signature)

FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT
For packets No. 3

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Inspection Report

Photography

During the inspection, photography was performed:
* Name of objects, types of photography:
*
*
*

Plans

A plan was drawn up of the object, terrain, premises and adjacent terrain.

Seized Items

Seized from the scene of the incident:
* Indicate what was seized and how it was packaged:
*
*
*
*

Protocol Signatures

The protocol has been read, recorded correctly.

Witnesses:
1. [signature]
2. [signature]

Investigator: [signature]

Other persons who took part in the inspection:
1. Prosecutor: __________
signature, surname
2. OUR, OBEP, UOP:
________
signature, surname
3. ETO Expert: __________
4. Cynologist and others:
________
signature, surname
5. Specialist: ______________
signature, surname

Verification

The completeness of the scene inspection and the quality of the protocol preparation have been verified.

"" _ 19

TRUE COPY

Head of the inquiry department (senior of the group)
Investigator [signature] /Romanovsky V.V./
signature, surname

Head of the GROVD __________
signature, surname

OMT and HO GUVDR RO. Order No. 01881 - 10,000 25.08.98.
[Stamp: ... FOR INFORMATION 3 ...]

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PROTOCOL OF THE INSPECTION OF THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT

The protocol is drawn up at the inspection site and, upon return, is immediately reported to the head of the investigative unit and the head of the OVD-UVD.

September 16, 1999 (village/town) Volgodonsk
Investigator of SO-2 OVD at the GUVD of Volgodonsk, Veryuzhskikh I.G.

With the participation of:
* Prosecutor
* Expert


OVD officials, specialist

Witnesses:
1. Pisarev Viktor Andreevich
* Surname, first name, patronymic, address
* Residing at Gagarina St. 13, apt. 61
2. Martynenko Olga Nikolaevna
* Chernikova 51-23

To whom, before the start of the inspection, rights and duties were explained in accordance with Art. 135 of the CPC.
Signature: 1. [signature]
2. [signature]

In connection with a report received on September 16, 1999, at 6:58 hours from the duty officer of OVD-2 of Volgodonsk.
From whom, about what, briefly describe the nature of the report.

At 8:00 hours on September 16, 1999, arrived at the scene and from 8:30 to [blank] hours on September 16, 1999, under natural weather, lighting, good weather, conducted in accordance with Art. 178, 179, and 182 of the CPC of the RF an inspection of the scene of the incident. The site of the inspection is:
House 35 on Gagarina St., Volgodonsk
Specify the address of the scene or location relative to the surroundings.

Before the inspection, the witnesses were explained their rights and duties.

The inspection established the following: The house at 35 Gagarina St., Volgodonsk is a panel building, light-colored, 9 stories high, consisting of 7 entrances.

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70

Residential building No. 75 is located on the eastern side of building No. 73 along Gagarin St.

The building is nine-story, panel. At the time of inspection, all glass is missing from the windows of the building, most of the window and balcony frames are damaged, on the ground around the building there are numerous glass shards and wooden parts of frames. There are no other visible damages on the building.

[signatures]

[Stamp: Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Investigative Department. For inquiries 3]

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Protocol of the Inspection of the Scene of the Incident

September 16, 1999 (village) city of Volgodonsk

Inquirer: Senior Investigator of the Investigation Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate, Senior Lieutenant of Justice Bortkov S.I.

With the participation of: [blank]

Witnesses:
* Pogrebnyak Anna Aleksandrovna, Gagarin St. 65-83
* Rozhkova Elena Alekseevna, Kurchatov St. 3-81

To whom, before the start of the inspection, rights and duties were explained in accordance with Art. 135 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR.

Signature: 1. [signature] 2. [signature]

In connection with a report received on September 16, 1999 at 6 o'clock from the Duty Officer of the Internal Affairs Directorate regarding an explosion on Gagarin St.

At 9 hours 00 min on September 16, 1999, arrived at the scene and from 9 to 10 hours on September 16, 1999, in clear weather and natural lighting, conducted an inspection of the scene of the incident in accordance with Articles 178, 179, and 182 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the RSFSR. The location of the inspection is: residential buildings No. 63, 65, 71, 73, 75 on Gagarin St., Volgodonsk.

Before the inspection, the witnesses were explained their rights and duties.

The inspection established the following:
* Residential building No. 63 is located at the intersection of Mira St. and Gagarin St.
* The building is nine-story, panel, in the shape of a 'U' (Cyrillic letter П).

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Observations

  • From the side of the entrances, glass is absent.
  • The house consists of two entrances.
  • A gas pipe runs along the house.
  • In some places on the balconies, frames are absent.
  • Trash and glass are scattered around the house.
  • From the end of the house, there is an entrance to the basement facing house 58 on Gagarin St.; the door to the basement is bent inwards.
  • On the opposite side of the house - along Gagarin St. - glass is completely absent in the windows.
  • In some windows, frames are absent.
  • In some places on the balconies, there are chips in the slabs.
  • Trees are located along the house.
  • A pedestrian path is 4-5 meters from the house.
  • There is a pit shaped like the letter "Г".
  • A large amount of glass and boards are scattered on the lawn.
  • Various items are hanging on the trees.
  • No cracks were found during the external inspection.

[Stamp: UVD of Volgodonsk city / For inquiries 3]

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Vacation Compensation Upon Dismissal

In this case, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, you have the right to receive compensation for unused vacation upon dismissal.

According to Article 127 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, upon dismissal, an employee is paid monetary compensation for all unused vacations.

  • The 10 days of vacation that you did not take in 2023 must be compensated.
  • The 14 days of vacation that you planned to take in September must also be compensated if you resign before taking them.

Thus, upon dismissal, you should be paid compensation for all 24 days of unused vacation.

The calculation of compensation is based on the average earnings for the last 12 months of work.

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PROTOCOL OF THE INSPECTION OF THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT

September 16, 1999 (village/town) Volgodonsk

Inquirer of the investigative department of the Volgodonsk UVD Afanasyev

With the participation of [blank] prosecutor, expert [blank] OVD officials, specialist

Witnesses:

  1. Chuvaldin Ivan Andreevich
    last name, first name, patronymic, address
    Oktyabrskoye Shosse St. 31-1
  2. Ostroukhov Evgeny Vladimirovich
    Stepnaya St. 165-42

To whom, before the start of the inspection, rights and duties were explained in accordance with Art. 135 of the UPK.

Signature: 1. [signature]
2. [signature]

In connection with the received report on September 16, 1999, at [blank] hours
From whom, about what, briefly describe the nature of the report

At [blank] hours on September 16, 1999, arrived at the scene and from [blank] to 9:30 hours on September 16, 1999, under natural lighting and clear weather, conducted an inspection of the scene of the incident in accordance with Articles 179 and 182 of the UPK RF. The site of the inspection is:
Oktyabrskoye Shosse St. 31
Indicate the address of the scene or location in relation to the surroundings

Before the inspection, the witnesses were explained their rights and duties.

The inspection established the following: The house at Oktyabrskoye Shosse St. 31 is a three-entrance brick house of red color, 2-story

[signature]
[signature]

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Window Sashes and Glass

  • Window sashes on the rear side of the house.
  • Glass is missing from not all residential windows.
  • Glass shards lie under the house on the ground.

[Stamp: Federal Security Service / Investigative Department / For inquiries / 3]

[Signatures]

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Inspection Report Summary

Documentation and Procedures

  • Photography: Performed, but no names of objects or types of photography were recorded.
  • Plan: Drawn up, but no details regarding the object, terrain, premises, or adjacent terrain were provided.
  • Seized Items: No items were seized, or details on what was seized and how it was packaged were not recorded.
  • Protocol: The protocol has been read and recorded correctly.

Witnesses

  1. [signature]
  2. [signature]

Signatories

  • Inquirer: Investigator [signature] [Garin]

Signatures of Persons Who Took Part in the Inspection

  1. Prosecutor
  2. OUR, OBEP, OP
  3. ETO Expert
  4. Dog handler and others
  5. Specialist

Review and Approval

  • The completeness of the scene inspection and the quality of the protocol preparation have been checked.
  • Date: 19 [blank] y.

Department Heads

  • Head of the inquiry department (senior of the group)
  • Head of the GROVD

Official Copies

  • TRUE COPY

Issuing Authority

Investigator Romanovsky V.V.
Print shop of the OMT and KhO GUVD
Order No. 01851 - 10000
Date: 25.08.99

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Protocol of the Inspection of the Scene of the Incident

"16" September 1999 (village/town) Volgodonsk

Inquirer Investigator of the SO UVD of Volgodonsk Sirko A.I.

With the participation of:
* Prosecutor [blank]
* Expert [blank]
* Officials of the OVD [blank]
* Specialist witnesses:
1. Shevchenko Viktor Ivanovich
Polevaya St., 36 apt. 64
2. Boyarsky Aleksandr Vladimirovich
Gagarina St., 31 apt. 138

Before the start of the inspection, rights and duties were explained in accordance with Art. 135 of the UPK.

Signature:
1. [Signature]
2. [Signature]

In connection with the received report "16" September 1999 "8" hours.

[blank]
[blank]
[blank]
[blank]

[blank] arrived at the scene and from [blank] hours [blank] day, month [blank] 19 under natural light[ing] until "[?]" hours [blank] day, month.

The inspection was conducted in accordance with Art. 179 and 182 of the UPK RF an inspection of the scene of the incident. The site of the inspection is:
Gagarina St. 58, Volgodonsk

Indicate address of the scene or location in relation to the surrounding environment.

Before the inspection, the witnesses were explained their rights and duties.

The inspection established the following: At a distance of 50 meters from house No. 35 on Oktyabrskoye Shosse [?] house No. 58 on Gagarina St. is burning.

[Signatures]

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Sheet 8

  • Window frames on the floors were knocked out from the base.
  • At a distance of 10 meters behind the fence of a nearby shed lie twisted metal awnings.
  • On the asphalt in front of the entrance on the right lie small glass shards.
  • There is no glass on the end wall of the house.
  • On the reverse side of the house in the area of Entrance I, from the right edge on the fourth floor on the right, the balcony slab is missing.
  • The balcony slabs of the far-right apartments of Entrance I have moved from the base and sagged.
  • On the ground in front of the house, pieces of slabs measuring 0.3 x 0.2 meters, fragments of window frames, parts of a wooden cabinet, pieces of concrete, plaster lie in disorder - everything is overturned.
  • On the ground behind the window lies broken glass from 1 to 30 mm at a distance of 4.8 meters from the base of the house.
  • Frames on the loggias are twisted from the base, glass is missing in the frames.
  • Glass in the windows is missing, frames are twisted; things from the apartments lie on the ground.
  • Behind the house in the area of Entrance II, glass fragments measuring from 1 to 40 mm lie on the ground at a distance of 5 meters from the base of the house.
  • Glass is missing, frames on the loggias are twisted from the base.
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Protocol of the Inspection of the Scene of the Incident

September 16, 1999, (village/town) Volgodonsk

Investigator of SO-2 SU [Investigative Department] at the UVD [Internal Affairs Directorate] of the city of Volgodonsk, Babina T.B.

With the participation of: [blank]

Witnesses:
* Israilova Marina Medzhidovna, Entuziastov 25 - 61
* Svistunova Yulia Aleksandrovna, b-r [Boulevard] Pobedy 5-88

Before the start of the inspection, rights and duties were explained in accordance with Art. 135 of the UPK [Criminal Procedure Code].

Signature: 1. [signature] 2. [signature]

[Based on] a message received on September 16, 1999, at 6 o'clock from the duty officer of the UVD of the city of Volgodonsk

From 10:50 on September 16, 1999, to September 18, 1999, under natural lighting, conducted an inspection of the scene of the incident in accordance with Art. 182 of the UPK of the RSFSR. The location of the inspection is:

house 35a on Oktyabrskoye Shosse

The inspection established the following: house 35a, a 4-entrance five-story [building] of white color. From the corner of the 1st entrance...

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Observations

  • 160 mm. From the end of the house at [?] [?] lie metal [?] [?] sheet at a distance of 3.9 meters from the house lie splinters from the frame.
  • On the opposite side of the house at a distance of 8.3 meters along the entire length of the house on the asphalt and ground lie glass shards ranging in size from 1 mm to 250 mm.
  • As the distance from the base of the house increases, the sizes of the glass shards decrease.
  • On the asphalted path by the house lie broken glass.
  • Glass is not missing from all windows.
  • Frames installed in balconies are completely or partially blown out.
  • On the ground on the lawn near the house lie parts of a window frame, slats of window frames.
  • In the area of the IV entrance at a distance of 1.2 meters lie parts of broken [?]

Rybak — [?]

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Observations

  • In the first entrance, glass is missing.
  • The building has five entrances.
  • Near the entrances, at a distance of meters, lie broken glass.
  • Near the entrance, lie splinters from door frames.
  • In all windows from the first to the ninth floor, glass is missing.
  • Frames in the kitchen are broken out, fragments of curtains hang in the windows, frames in the loggias and floors are broken out from the base.
  • In the entrance, frames are broken out from the first to the ninth floor.
  • On the lawns under the balconies lie scraps of wallpaper, a window frame at a distance of 2.8 meters from the balcony of the 1st entrance.
  • Pieces of frames of various sizes are scattered.
  • Near the second entrance on the platform lies a curtain, clothespins; at a distance of 10 meters lie small glass shards sized from 2x5 mm to 50x50 mm, lies white plaster.
  • At a distance of 1.5 meters from the balcony is located on the left lies a pillow, an artificial flower.
  • The grate on the first floor in the apartment on the left is bent straight.
  • Window frames on all floors and loggias have come out from the base, glass in all windows from the 1st to 9th floor are missing.
  • On the lawn in front of the entrance lie green-colored screens.
  • An iron awning lies at a distance of 1.1 and 2.8 meters from the base of the house to the right of the entrance.
  • On the lawn lie glass shards sized from 3 mm to 100 mm.
  • Splinters from frames, pieces of wallpaper, manhole covers of the 1st and 2nd entrances are open on the right side.
  • Near the 3rd entrance on the lawn lie.

Rybak — [signature]

[Stamp: INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE FSB OF RUSSIA * FOR INFORMATION 3 * FEDERAL SECURITY SERVICE]

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Addresses

  • Primorsky Boulevard
  • Industrial St.
  • Ak. Korolev St.
  • Mira Ave.
  • Leningradskaya St.
  • K. Marx St.
  • Kurchatov Ave.
  • Lazorevy Ave.
  • Petrovsky Boulevard
  • Chernomorskaya St.
  • Sennaya St.
  • Prokhladnaya St.

B-23, B-24, B-25, B-13, B-14, V-I, VTs-2, VTs-1, B-9, B-8

  • Store No. 41
  • Store No. 37
  • Store No. 11
  • Store No. 7
  • Store No. 34
  • Store No. 15

  • School

  • Kindergarten

[Stamp:]
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
Directorate for [illegible]
3

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Map of the city of Volgodonsk

Streets and Avenues

  • Kurchatova Ave.
  • Leningradskaya St.
  • Entuziastov St.
  • Chernikova St.
  • Gagarina St.
  • Mira Ave.
  • Druzhby St.
  • Koroleva St.
  • Marshal Koshevoy St.
  • 30 Years of Victory St.
  • Morskaya St.
  • Stepnaya St.
  • Maxim Gorky St.
  • Pionerskaya St.
  • Lenina St.
  • 50 Years of USSR St.
  • Sovetskaya St.
  • Oktyabrskaya St.
  • Primorskaya St.
  • Shkolnaya St.
  • Zarechnaya St.
  • Great Victory Boulevard

Locations

  • Solenovskaya station/village

Micro-districts

  • B-5
  • B-12
  • B-18
  • B-19
  • B-3
  • A-2

Stamp

Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
Investigative Department
FOR INQUIRIES
3

Text

TRUE COPY
Investigator [signature] Romanovsky V.V.

Handwritten notes

  • 8m
  • 14
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Locations and Addresses

  • Logovskaya St.
  • Ovrazhnaya St.
  • Taisskiy Lane
  • Berkutyanskaya St.
  • Gagarina St.
  • Mira Ave.
  • Store No. 34
  • Gas Station
  • Kindergarten
  • [Tsimlyan]skoye Highway
  • Yuzhnaya [St.]
  • decorative and garden cultures "Donskiye Zori"
  • For information 3
  • St. No. 30
  • TP 4
  • M.S.
  • B-6
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No. 8

13
STREET No. 40
QUARTER "U"
SHOP
MARKET
PHARMACY
KINDERGARTEN
MAIN ROAD No. 17
MAIN ROAD...

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Appendix to the protocol of the inspection of the scene of the incident dated September 16, 1999

Locations

  • district of the city of Volgodonsk
  • MAIN ROAD No. 26
  • MAIN ROAD No. 37
  • MAIN ROAD No. 17
  • MICRODISTRICT V-16
  • MICRODISTRICT V-17

On the map:

  • No. 16
  • No. 70
  • No. 75
  • No. 66
  • No. 60
  • No. 58
  • SBER [Sberbank]
  • SVYAZ [Communications]
  • OBSHCH. TSENTR [Public Center]
  • MAG. [Store]

Stamp:

  • TRUE COPY
  • [signature]
  • [seal]
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Scheme [Diagram]

PUMPING STATION No. 3

  • SERVICE ENTERPRISE BLOCK
  • PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BLOCK [?]
  • LAUNDRY FACTORY
  • BOILER HOUSE
  • FIRE STATION

Roads and Locations

  • MAIN ROAD No. 34
  • MAIN ROAD No. 17
  • MARKET
  • PHARMACY

Numbers

  • N50, N52, N54, N24, N22, N20, N18, N14, N12, N8, N59, N61, N63, N65

Contact Information

  • 214-1-178
  • 0294-3-15
  • MAIN ROAD