ation she had informed the investigators that Mr M.M. had frequently visited Urus-Martan; that he had been married to Ms M.D. from Grozny, that he had had two children, had been registered as a resident of Komsomolskoye village and that he had had a temporary identification document.
2. Information submitted by the Government
18. The Government did not challenge most of the facts as presented by the applicant. According to their submission, "...in connection with the abduction of A.S. Sadulayev which had taken place on 9 December 2002 on the road between Alkhazurovo and Martan-Chu, the Urus-Martan district prosecutor's office opened criminal case No. 34010..."
B. The official investigation of the abduction
1. Information submitted by the applicant
19. Since 9 December 2002 the applicant has repeatedly applied in person and in writing to various public bodies. She has been supported in her efforts by the Memorial NGO. In her letters to the authorities the applicant referred to her son's abduction and asked for assistance and details of the investigation. Most of these enquiries have remained unanswered, or purely formal replies have been given in which the applicant's requests have been forwarded to various prosecutors' offices. The applicant submitted some of her letters to the authorities and their replies to the Court. These documents are summarised below.
20. On 18 and 19 December 2002 the applicant complained about her son's abduction to a number of local law enforcement agencies, including the military commander's office, the Urus-Martan district prosecutor's office (the district prosecutor's office) and the Urus-Martan district department of the interior (the Urus-Martan ROVD). She described the circumstances of her son's abduction by armed men in military vehicles at the Russian military forces checkpoint and requested assistance in establishing his whereabouts.
21. On 15 January, 3 June and 9 July 2003 the Chechnya prosecutor's office forwarded the applicant's complaints about her son's abduction by armed servicemen in camouflage uniforms to the district prosecutor's office for examination.
22. On 31 January 2003 the district prosecutor's office instituted an investigation into the disappearance of Aslan Sadulayev under Article 126 § 2 of the Criminal Code (aggravated kidnapping). The case file was given the number 34010.
23. On 31 March 2003 the district prosecutor's office granted the applicant victim status in the criminal case.
24. On 31 March, 5 June 2003 and 27 April 2004 the district prosecutor's office informed the applicant that the investigation in criminal case No. 34010 had been suspended for failure to establish the identities of the perpetrators.
25. On 5 April 2003 the military prosecutor's office of military unit No. 20102 forwarded the applicant's request for assistance in the search for her son to the district military commander's office.
26. On 30 April 2003 and 27 October 2004 the investigators resumed the investigation in the criminal case and informed the applicant about it.
27. On 23 July 2003 the military prosecutor's office of the United Group Alignment (the military prosecutor's office of the UGA) forwarded the applicant's request for assistance in the search for her son to the military prosecutor's office of military unit No. 20102.
28. On 31 May 2004 the applicant wrote to the district prosecutor's office asking them to grant her civil plaintiff status in the criminal case. On 9 June 2004 the district prosecutor's office granted the request and informed the applicant about it.
29. At some point in the autumn of 2007 the investigation of the criminal case was transferr
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