de") was stationed. The second applicant immediately communicated that information to the military commander's office of the Groznenskiy District, the Groznenskiy district department of the interior and the prosecutor's office of the Groznenskiy District ("the district prosecutor's office"). Some officials visited the headquarters of the Sophrino brigade and were informed that its officers had not been implicated in the abductions.
18. On 18 July 2001 officials from a prosecutor's office visited the first applicant and questioned her about the circumstances of the abduction of her son and husband.
19. After 18 July 2001 the applicants repeatedly contacted various official bodies, both in person and in writing. In particular, they applied to prosecutors' offices at different levels, the Administration of the Chechen Republic, the Russian State Duma and the Special Envoy of the Russian President in Chechnya for Rights and Freedoms. The applicants retained copies of some of these complaints and submitted them to the Court. The official bodies forwarded the majority of the complaints to the various prosecutors' offices for investigation.
20. On 18 July 2001 the district prosecutor's office instituted an investigation into the murder of Aslan Dokayev and Rustam Achkhanov under Article 105 § 2 of the Russian Criminal Code (aggravated murder). The case file was given the number 19109.
21. On 20 July 2001 the investigation file in case No. 19109 was forwarded to the military prosecutor's office of military unit No. 20102 ("the unit prosecutor's office"). It appears that the case was then assigned the number 14/33/0405-01.
22. On 1 August 2001 the second applicant wrote to the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic describing in detail the circumstances of the abduction of Aslan Dokayev and Rustam Achkhanov and asking for help in establishing their whereabouts.
23. On 2 August 2001 the unit prosecutor's office summoned the second applicant for an interview.
24. On 13 August 2001 the unit prosecutor's office transferred the investigation file in case No. 14/33/0405-01 to the military prosecutor's office of the North Caucasian Circuit ("the circuit prosecutor's office").
25. On 16 August 2001 the unit prosecutor's office sent a request to the temporary department of the interior of the Staropromyslovskiy District ("the VOVD"), which stated that on 18 July 2001 a group of servicemen commanded by an officer of the Federal Security Service ("the FSB") had shot Aslan Dokayev and Rustam Achkhanov during an attempt to escape arrest and that their corpses had been transported by the APCs. The VOVD was instructed to verify whether the bodies of Aslan Dokayev and Rustam Achkhanov were among any unidentified corpses.
26. On 29 November 2001 the district prosecutor's office forwarded the second and fourth applicants' complaints to the unit prosecutor's office.
27. On 30 November 2001 the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic forwarded the fourth applicant's complaint to the district prosecutor's office.
28. On 14 December 2001 the unit prosecutor's office forwarded the fourth applicant's letter to the circuit prosecutor's office to be included in the investigation file in case No. 14/33/0405-01.
29. On 18 June 2002 the circuit prosecutor's office suspended the investigation in case No. 14/00/0019-01 for failure to identify the perpetrators.
30. On 13 November 2002 the second applicant complained to the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic that there had been no progress in the investigation in case No. 14/33/0405-01 and asked for assistance in establishing her brother's whereabouts.
31. On 17 July 2003 the district prosecutor's office issued the third appl
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