uiza Mutayeva and that the investigation had undertaken the following measures: examination of the crime scene; the applicant had been granted victim status; an unspecified number of the applicant's relatives, acquaintances and neighbours had been interviewed; unspecified investigative measures had been undertaken in collaboration with a number of other law-enforcement agencies; instructions had been given to the ROVD to conduct operational and search measures; the district prosecutor had issued instructions aimed at solving the crime. According to the letter, the investigation had been examining the thesis of possible involvement of servicemen or members of special forces in the crime. In addition, the investigation was examining the theory that Luiza Mutayeva had been kidnapped for ransom. Finally, the letter stated that the above measures had failed to produce any results and on 27 August 2004 the investigation in criminal case No. 49516 had been suspended for failure to establish the identity of the perpetrators.
30. On 13 June 2006 the applicant's representatives wrote to the republican prosecutor's office. Referring to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, they complained about the lack of information concerning the investigation into the abduction of the applicant's daughter and pointed out that the applicant had not received copies of the decisions to open the criminal case and to grant her the victim status in the criminal proceedings. The letter requested the authorities to provide the applicant with the following information: the status of the criminal investigation; the reasons for Luiza Mutayeva's abduction; whether witnesses to the abduction had been questioned by the authorities; measures undertaken by the investigation between 21 June 2005 and 13 June 2006 and whether the authorities had carried out an examination of detention centres in the region to establish the whereabouts of the applicant's daughter. Finally, the letter requested that the applicant be provided with copies of basic investigative decisions, including the one granting the applicant victim status in the criminal case.
31. On 17 June 2006 the republican prosecutor's office forwarded the request of the applicant's representatives to the district prosecutor's office for examination.
32. On 3 July 2006 the republican prosecutor's office informed the applicant's representatives that they had examined their request. According to the letter, the investigation had been undertaking measures aimed at solving the crime. Referring to unspecified provisions of Russian legislation the letter stated that copies of basic investigative decisions could not be provided to the applicant's representatives; under Article 42 § 13 only the applicant was entitled to receive in person copies of the decisions concerning opening of the criminal proceedings, grant of the victim status and suspension of the investigation.
2. Information submitted by the Government
33. On 20 April 2004 the district prosecutor's office received from the NGO Memorial information concerning the abduction of Luiza Mutayeva.
34. On 27 April 2004 the district prosecutor's office launched an investigation into the abduction of Luiza Mutayeva under Article 126 § 2 of the Criminal Code (aggravated kidnapping).
35. On 28 April 2004 the district prosecutor's office requested prosecutor's offices of various levels, departments of the interior in the Chechen Republic and the Criminal Police of the Temporary Operational Group of Authorities and Departments of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation in the Caucasus Region ("Служба Криминальной милиции МВД Временной оперативной группировки органов и подразделений МВД в Северо-Кавказском регионе", "the CP") to provide information on whether Luiza Mutayeva had
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