ed that on the night of 8 June 2002 he had been sleeping in the same room as Muslim Nenkayev. At about 3 a.m. someone had knocked on the door; Muslim had opened it and armed and masked men in camouflage uniforms had burst in. The men had spoken Russian and Chechen. Muslim Nenkayev and the third applicant had been forced to the floor. The third applicant's service weapons had been seized. Then the armed men had covered his brothers' mouth with adhesive tape and taken them away, ordering the other Nenkayev family members not to leave the house for ten minutes, threatening to open fire. On the following day the third applicant had been released; his machine gun had been returned while his pistol, bullet-proof jacket and machine-gun bullets had been seized.
98. On 20 December 2007 the investigators sent requests for information on Muslim Nenkayev to numerous penitentiary facilities in the North Caucasus.
99. On 21 and 22 December 2007 three of the applicants' neighbours were questioned and stated that they had heard of Muslim Nenkayev's abduction but had no information on the perpetrators' identities.
100. On 23 January 2008 the inter-district prosecutor's office suspended the investigation and notified the first applicant accordingly.
101. On 28 January 2008 the investigators instructed the ROVD to search for the perpetrators more vigorously, in particular to verify involvement in the crime of illegal armed groups, to establish Muslim Nenkayev's connections and the lifestyle he had led prior to the kidnapping and to verify meticulously any possible implication of the Urus-Martan FSB servicemen in the crime.
102. On 2 February 2008 requests for information on special operations carried out in Urus-Martan on 8 June 2002 were sent to numerous units of the Ministry of the Interior. On the same day information on military units located in the Urus-Martan District on 8 June 2002 was requested from the military commanders of the Chechen Republic and the Urus-Martan District.
103. On 5 February 2008 a request for information concerning Muslim Nenkayev was sent to the Federal Migration Service.
104. On 19 February 2008 the inter-district prosecutor's office held a conference with departments of the interior for the Urus-Martan District and discussed the investigation in case No. 61116. The ROVD were instructed to take investigative measures more vigorously.
105. On 20 February 2008 the investigators recommended that the ROVD question Muslim Nenkayev's relatives and fellow villagers and examine cemeteries. On 21 February 2008 another instruction to reactivate the investigation was sent to the ROVD.
106. On 21 February 2008 the investigation was suspended and the first applicant was notified accordingly.
107. On 23 February 2008 the ROVD informed the investigators that they were taking measures to solve the crime.
108. On 28 February 2008 the inter-district prosecutor's office requested the district prosecutor's office to assess the effectiveness of the investigation.
109. Requests concerning Muslim Nenkayev were sent to various information centres of the Ministry of the Interior.
110. On 10 April 2008 the inter-district prosecutor's office quashed the decision of 21 February 2008 and resumed the investigation.
111. The investigation in case No. 61116 was ongoing.
112. Despite a specific request by the Court the Government did not submit a copy of the entire file in case No. 61116, providing copies of several decisions to suspend and resume the investigation and to grant victim status. 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 Russian Code of Criminal Procedu
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