asures. It appears that the request remained unanswered.
28. On 26 March 2002 the district prosecutor's office informed the applicant that they had resumed the investigation in case No. 25306. They commented that they intended to transfer the case file to the military prosecutor's office.
29. On 30 September 2002 the applicant requested the district prosecutor's office to inform her of progress in the investigation.
30. On 12 May 2003 the military prosecutor's office of the United Group Alignment ("the UGA prosecutor's office") forwarded the applicant's complaint to the unit prosecutor's office.
31. On 16 May 2003 the Main Military Prosecutor's Office forwarded the applicant's complaint to the UGA prosecutor's office.
32. On 4 June 2003 the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic forwarded the applicant's complaint to the district prosecutor's office.
33. On 15 June 2003 the applicant was questioned again.
34. On 17 June 2003 the unit prosecutor's office informed the applicant that an inquiry had established no traces of military personnel's implication in Salman Abdulazizov's kidnapping and commented that the investigation into it had been opened by the district prosecutor's office.
35. On 11 July 2003 the UGA prosecutor's office forwarded the applicant's complaint to the unit prosecutor's office.
36. In autumn 2007 the investigation file was forwarded to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office for the Chechen Republic.
2. Information submitted by the Government
37. On 1 April 2001 the district prosecutor's office received a complaint by several Goyty villagers concerning Salman Abdulazizov's arrest by officers of the Ministry of the Interior. As an inquiry conducted had not established any implication of law enforcement agencies in Salman Abdulazizov's disappearance, on an unspecified date the district prosecutor's office instituted an investigation in case No. 25306 under Article 126 § 2 of the Russian Criminal Code (aggravated kidnapping).
38. The applicant was granted victim status and questioned. She stated that on the night of 12 February 2001 some fifty servicemen had entered her courtyard and fifteen of them had entered the house. The servicemen had been masked; two of them had been wearing grey uniforms and the other had been wearing camouflage uniforms. The servicemen had forcibly taken Salman Abdulazizov away and ordered the applicant not to leave the house. The applicant had seen a white UAZ-452 vehicle, a red Niva without a rear window and an Ural vehicle. Two APCs had been parked on the adjacent street. Later the applicant had learned that Mr E., Mr I., Mr V. and two brothers, Mr D.M. and Mr V.M., had also been arrested together with her husband, but they all had returned home within the next four days. The applicant had heard her husband's voice while he had been praying inside the Urus-Martan military commander's office. Salman Abdulazizov had lost his right leg as a result of a bombardment and walked with crutches. He had not participated in any illegal armed groups.
39. On 21 September 2001 the district prosecutor's office granted the applicant's request to be admitted to the criminal proceedings as a civil plaintiff.
40. On an unspecified date Ms N., the applicant's neighbour, was questioned and stated that at about 1 a.m. on 12 February 2001 she had heard the applicant screaming. Ms N. had stepped outside her house and observed through a hole in the fence a group of servicemen forcing Salman Abdulazizov into a Ural vehicle. The servicemen had also thrown his crutches into the Ural and driven away. On the following day she and other villagers had gone to the police unit from
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