Постановление Европейского суда по правам человека от 15.01.2009 «Дело Медова (Medova) против России» [англ.]

picion of having committed grave crimes, and that they were taking them to the Chechen Republic. Mr Beletskiy produced documents that showed the lawfulness and validity of Mr Medov's and [K.'s] arrest and detention. After that the above-mentioned officers... and the two detained persons left for the Chechen Republic.
According to information provided by the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic, officers of the law-enforcement bodies of the Chechen Republic had not apprehended Mr Medov and there was no information that the latter had been brought to the territory of the Chechen Republic. According to the Department of the FSB in the Chechen Republic, Mr Beletskiy V.V. was not on the staff of that Department. Moreover, the Department did not have any information regarding Mr Medov's apprehension and whereabouts.
On 22 July 2004 the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Ingushetia initiated a criminal case in respect of an offence defined by Article 126 § 2 (a) (abduction by a group of persons after preliminary collusion) in connection with Mr Medov's and [K.'s] disappearance.
At present Mr Medov's and [K.'s] location is not established. Mrs Medova's allegations that her husband is being detained at the Khankala military base have not proved to be true".

B. Investigation into the abduction

1. Applications to State authorities and courts

18. Immediately after 17 June 2004 the members of Mr Adam Medov's family started to search for him. On numerous occasions, both in person and in writing, they applied to prosecutors at various levels, the Ministry of the Interior, the FSB, administrative authorities and public figures. The applicant and other family members received conflicting information about the circumstances of Mr Adam Medov's apprehension and detention, and hardly any about his whereabouts after 17 June 2004.
19. On 18 June 2004, upon a request by Mr Adam Medov's relatives, the chairman of the Ingush Bar Association "XXI Vek" asked the Ingush Department of the FSB and the Sunzhenskiy ROVD if Mr Adam Medov had been detained on 17 June 2004, and if so, where he was. On the same day the Sunzhenskiy ROVD replied that Mr Adam Medov had not been detained by them.
20. However, on 21 June 2004 the deputy prosecutor of the Sunzhenskiy District informed the Medovs that "on 15.05.2004 Medov A.K. was detained by officers of the FSB Department for Chechnya under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Beletskiy V.V." <*> On 22 June 2004 the same prosecutor informed the applicant's family that on 16 June 2004 he had "requested the military prosecutor of the United Group Alignment (UGA) to submit relevant information".
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<*> There is clearly a clerical error in the date of the detention.

21. On 24 June 2004 the acting prosecutor of Ingushetia replied to a member of Ingushetia's Popular Assembly, Mr Ozdoyev, that an investigation was ongoing into the Medovs' complaint about the detention and ill-treatment of Mr Adam Medov by FSB officers on 15 June 2004.
22. On 26 June 2004 the deputy prosecutor of the Sunzhenskiy District again confirmed to the applicant's family that "on 15.06.2004 Medov was detained by officers of the FSB Department for Chechnya under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Beletskiy V.V. On 18 June 2004 [M.], the military prosecutor of the UGA, was requested to submit information relating to the grounds of the arrest."
23. On 1 July 2004 the acting prosecutor of Ingushetia replied to Mr Ozdoyev that, since Mr Medov had been detained by FSB officers from Chechnya, all complaints submitted by his family had been forwarded for investigation to the military prosecutor of the UGA.
24. On 7 July 2004 the Chief of the FSB Departm

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