which two insurgents had been killed and three wounded, had been based on a report made by a duty officer of the UGA information centre and then issued as a press release. No other sources of that information had been found and its veracity was being checked.
54. In their submissions of 12 May 2008 the Government stated that no reliable evidence had been obtained by that time to prove the involvement of S.P. or other federal servicemen in Umar Zabiyev's killing.
55. The investigation was resumed and suspended a number of times. It failed to find any evidence to support the involvement of the Russian federal military in the crime but was pending. Investigative measures were being taken to solve the murder of Umar Zabiyev.
56. Despite specific requests by the Court the Government did not disclose any material from the investigation file in case No. 2360032. Relying on the information obtained from the Prosecutor General's Office, the Government stated that the investigation was in progress and that disclosure of the documents would be in violation of Article 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, since the file contained information of a military nature and personal data concerning the witnesses or other participants in the criminal proceedings.
II. Relevant domestic law
57. For a summary of the relevant domestic law see Akhmadova and Sadulayeva v. Russia (No. 40464/02, §§ 67 - 69, 10 May 2007).
THE LAW
I. The Government's objection regarding locus standi
58. The Government pointed out that the application form had been signed by three lawyers of the SRJI named in the powers of attorney issued by the applicants and two other persons who had not been officially authorised to represent the applicants. Referring to the Court's decision in Vasila and Petre Constantin in the name of Mihai Ciobanu v. Romania (No. 52414/99, 16 December 2003), the Government concluded that there was a lack of locus standi in the present case.
59. The Court notes that the applicants had given authority to act to the SRJI and its three lawyers. The application form was signed by five persons in total. The names of three of these persons appeared in the powers of attorney, while two other lawyers worked with the SRJI. In such circumstances the Court considers that the SRJI lawyers were duly authorised to submit an application form on the applicants' behalf. Accordingly, the Government's objection must be dismissed.
II. The government's objection regarding
non-exhaustion of domestic remedies
A. The parties' submissions
60. The Government contended that the complaint should be declared inadmissible for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies. They submitted that the investigation into Umar Zabiyev's murder had not yet been completed. The Government emphasised that the first applicant had not complained either to prosecutors or to a court about the infliction of injuries on her. They further argued that it had been open to the applicants to challenge in court or before a higher prosecutor any acts or omissions of the investigating authorities. They also submitted that the applicants could have brought civil claims for damages but had failed to do so.
61. The applicants contested that objection and stated that the remedies referred to by the Government were ineffective.
B. The Court's assessment
62. The Court reiterates that the rule of exhaustion of domestic remedies under Article 35 § 1 of the Convention obliges applicants to use first the remedies which are available and sufficient in the domestic legal system to enable them to obtain redress for the breaches alleged. The existence of the remedies must be sufficiently certain both in theory and i
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