0. On 3 March 2006 the second and tenth applicants requested the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic and the district prosecutor's office to investigate the theft of their belongings on the night of their relatives' kidnapping.
61. On 6 March 2006 the district prosecutor's office granted the tenth applicant victim status in case No. 61116 as her belongings had been stolen on the night of 7 to 8 June 2002.
2. Information submitted by the Government
62. On 15 August 2002 the district prosecutor's office opened criminal investigation file No. 61116 into the kidnapping of Muslim Nenkayev and the third applicant, under Article 126 § 2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("aggravated kidnapping").
63. On 9 September 2002 the district prosecutor's office granted the first applicant victim status in the criminal investigation.
64. On 13 September 2002 the district prosecutor's office questioned the third applicant. He described the circumstances of the crime and submitted that his service gun had been stolen.
65. On 15 October 2002 the district prosecutor's office suspended the investigation in case No. 61116 for failure to identify those responsible, informed the first applicant and instructed the police to carry out certain investigative measures.
66. On 22 June 2003 the district prosecutor's office quashed the decision of 15 October 2002 and resumed the investigation. On 25 June 2003 the first applicant was informed of that decision.
67. On 2 July 2003 the district prosecutor's office sent requests for information concerning Muslim Nenkayev to several penitentiary facilities and law-enforcement agencies in the Urus-Martan District.
68. On 25 July 2003 the district prosecutor's office suspended the investigation and notified the first applicant accordingly.
69. On 12 September 2003 the investigation in case No. 61116 was resumed.
70. On 1 October 2003 the district prosecutor's office sent requests concerning Muslim Nenkayev to several penitentiary institutions located in the south of Russia. No relevant information was received in reply.
71. On 12 October 2003 the district prosecutor's office again suspended the investigation.
72. On 10 November 2003 the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic quashed the decision of 12 October 2003 and resumed the investigation.
73. On 15 and 16 November 2003 the district prosecutor's office questioned as witnesses the second and fourth applicants, respectively.
74. On 13 December 2003 the district prosecutor's office suspended the investigation and instructed the ROVD to search for Muslim Nenkayev more actively.
75. On 28 July 2005 the district prosecutor's office resumed the investigation in case No. 61116 and ordered the ROVD to find witnesses to the Nenkayev brothers' kidnapping.
76. On 1 August 2005 the district prosecutor's office questioned the first applicant as a witness.
77. On 28 August 2005 the investigation was again suspended.
78. On 15 November 2005 the district prosecutor's office questioned the second applicant. She stated that on the night of 8 June 2002 she had been awakened by unidentified armed men who had then taken her sons away.
79. On 16 November 2005 the district prosecutor's office resumed the proceedings at the first applicant's request.
80. On 17 November 2005 the district prosecutor's office suspended the investigation for failure to identify the perpetrators.
81. On 13 January 2006 the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic quashed the decision of 17 November 2005 and resumed the proceedings.
82. On 16 January 2006 the investigation in case No. 61116 was extended to an offence under Article 22
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