t the investigation also referred to Article 126 § 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (aggravated kidnapping)). The case file was given number 61008 (in the submitted documents the case file was also referred to under No. 62008).
25. On 14 May 2002 the applicant wrote to the district military commander's office with a request for assistance in finding her son. She complained that her letters to various authorities had produced no results.
26. On 30 June 2002 the Department of Federal Security Service in the Chechen Republic (the Chechnya FSB) informed the applicant that her request of 28 June 2002 had been forwarded for further examination to the military prosecutor's office of military unit No. 20102.
27. On 1 July 2002 the applicant wrote to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. In her letter she stated that on 27 August 2001 her son had been detained by representatives of the Russian federal forces under the command of V. Vasiliy and taken to the VOVD. She stated that her numerous complaints to various State authorities had produced no results and that the authorities had failed to conduct an investigation in the criminal case opened in connection with her son's disappearance. She asked for assistance in establishing the whereabouts of Khizir Tepsurkayev.
28. On 11 and 19 July 2002 the Department of the Prosecutor General's Office in the Southern Federal Circuit informed the applicant that her requests had been forwarded for examination to the Chechnya prosecutor's office.
29. On 24 July 2002 the Chechnya prosecutor's office informed the applicant that the district prosecutor's office was to examine the lawfulness of the decisions taken by the investigative authorities in a number of criminal cases, including the case opened in connection with the disappearance of Khizir Tepsurkayev. The letter stated that the investigation in the case was under the control of the Chechnya prosecutor's office.
30. On 11 September 2002 the Chechnya prosecutor's office informed the applicant that on 25 January 2002 the district prosecutor's office had instituted an investigation into her son's disappearance under Article 126 § 2 of the Russian Criminal Code; that on 25 March 2002 the investigation in the criminal case had been suspended for failure to identify the perpetrators; that concrete measures aimed at identifying the culprits were being taken; and that information concerning the investigation could be obtained from the district prosecutor's office.
31. On 7 October 2002 the Chechnya prosecutor's office again informed the applicant that the district prosecutor's office was to examine the lawfulness of the decisions taken by the investigative authorities in a number of criminal cases, including the case opened in connection with the disappearance of Khizir Tepsurkayev.
32. On 15 November 2002 the district prosecutor's office informed the applicant's husband that the investigating authorities were undertaking search measures in the criminal case concerning his son's disappearance.
33. On 30 November 2002 the military prosecutor's office of the United Group Alignment ("the military prosecutor's office of the UGA") informed the applicant that at her request the office had examined the possibility that the Russian federal forces had been involved in the disappearance of her son and that their involvement in the abduction had not been established.
34. On 10 March 2003 the district prosecutor's office granted the applicant's husband victim status in criminal case No. 61008.
35. On 7 April 2003 the district prosecutor's office informed the applicant's husband that on an unspecified date the investigation in criminal case No. 61008 had been suspended for failure to identify the perpetrators.
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