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C. Conviction for drug trafficking
11. On 10 December 1998 the supervising prosecutor approved the bill of indictment and the case against the applicant was sent to the Voroshilovskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don for trial.
12. On 10 January 1999 the Voroshilovskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don convicted the applicant under Article 228 § 1 of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to one year's imprisonment. On an unspecified date the conviction became final. The case file contains no further information as to when the applicant completed his sentence.
D. Renewal of the criminal proceedings on suspicion
of kidnapping, unlawful entry into a home and extortion,
ensuing detention and conviction
13. On 22 March 1999 the Prosecutor of the Rostov Region quashed the decision of 1 December 1998, and on 24 March 1999 the charges under Articles 126 § 2, 139 § 1, and 163 § 3 of the Criminal Code were again brought against the applicant. The prosecutor, having considered the applicant's criminal record and the gravity of the charges, decided that he should be detained pending trial.
14. On 12 April, 18 June, 21 September and 3 December 1999 the applicant's detention was extended until 18 June, 24 September and 18 December 1999 and 24 March 2000 respectively. Each time, consideration was given to the applicant's criminal record, the gravity of the charges against him and his active role in a gang.
15. On 20 March 2000 the case against the applicant was sent to the Rostov Regional Court for trial.
16. On 29 March 2000 the Rostov Regional Court scheduled the opening date of the trial and ordered that the preventive measure "should remain unchanged" in accordance with Articles 222, 223 and 230 of the RSFSR Code of Criminal Procedure.
17. On 13 June 2000 the Rostov Regional Court convicted the applicant and sentenced him to ten years six months' imprisonment taking into account that he had not fully served a sentence handed down by the judgment of 10 January 1999. On 2 November 2000, however, the Supreme Court of Russia quashed the judgment on appeal and remitted the case for a retrial. The Supreme Court held that the preventive measure applied to the applicant "should remain unchanged".
18. On 1 December 2000 the Rostov Regional Court scheduled the opening date of the trial and ordered that the preventive measure "should remain unchanged".
19. On 14 May 2001 the Rostov Regional Court convicted the applicant and sentenced him to thirteen years' imprisonment, but on 16 January 2002 the Supreme Court of Russia quashed the conviction on appeal and remitted the case for a retrial. The Supreme Court held that the preventive measure applied to the applicant "should remain unchanged".
20. On 12 February 2002 the Rostov Regional Court listed the new trial hearing for 27 February 2002 and ordered that the preventive measure applied to the applicant "should remain unchanged".
21. On 1 July 2002 the Rostov Regional Court extended the applicant's detention until 1 October 2002. It found as follows:
"The defendants [the applicant and four other persons] are charged with kidnapping, illegal deprivation of liberty, burglary and other crimes.
They have been in custody:..., [the applicant] - since 10 June 1998,...
The Prosecutor requested that the defendants' detention be extended by 3 months.
Having examined the Prosecutor's request, having heard the parties to the proceedings, the court considers it necessary to extend the defendants' detention by 3 months, that is, until 1 October 2002 inclusive, because they are charged with serious and particularly serious criminal offences.
Under Articles 255, 256 of the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure, the defendants' det
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