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1. The background information concerning the investigation
21. Since 8 November 2001 the applicant has repeatedly applied in person and in writing to various public bodies. She has been supported in her efforts by NGO Memorial. In her letters to the authorities the applicant referred to her son's abduction and asked for assistance and details of the investigation. Most of these enquiries have remained unanswered, or purely formal replies have been given in which the applicant's requests have been forwarded to various prosecutors' offices. The applicant submitted some of the letters to the authorities and the replies to the Court. These documents are summarised below.
22. In the morning of 8 November 2001 the applicant went to the ROVD where she was told that Bekkhan Alaudinov was not listed among their detainees. The applicant also went to the Urus-Martan district military commander's office (the district military commander's office) and the local administration but could not obtain any information concerning the whereabouts of her son.
23. On 29 November 2001 the applicant complained in writing about her son's abduction to the Urus-Martan district prosecutor's office (the district prosecutor's office). She stated that he had been abducted by a group of armed military servicemen in camouflage uniform.
24. On 12 December 2001 the district prosecutor's office instituted an investigation into the disappearance of Bekkhan Alaudinov under Article 126 § 2 of the Criminal Code (aggravated kidnapping). The case file was assigned number 25157. In the submitted documents the case file was also referred to under No. 61033 and No. 34046.
25. On 21 January 2002 the Chechnya prosecutor's office forwarded the applicant's complaint about her son's abduction to the district prosecutor's office for examination.
26. On 12 February 2002 the investigation in criminal case No. 25157 was suspended owing to the failure to establish the perpetrators.
27. On 20 May 2002 the applicant wrote to the district military commander's office. She described the circumstances of her son's abduction and complained that her requests to the State authorities had not produced any results. She requested assistance in the search for Bekkhan Alaudinov.
28. On 20 May 2002 the applicant complained to the head of the ROVD. She described the circumstances of her son's abduction, complained that her requests to the State authorities had not produced any results and asked for assistance in the search for Bekkhan Alaudinov.
29. On 21 August 2002 the Chechnya department of the interior (the Chechnya UVD) forwarded the applicant's request for assistance in the search for her son to the ROVD.
30. On 24 September 2002 the military prosecutor's office of the North-Caucasus military circuit informed the applicant that her complaint about the abduction of Bekkhan Alaudinov had been forwarded to the military prosecutor's office of military unit No. 20102 for examination.
31. On 21 October 2002 the ROVD informed the applicant that in connection with the abduction of Bekkhan Alaudinov they had opened operational-search file No. 081355.
32. On 28 October 2002 the district prosecutor's office informed the applicant that on an unspecified date they had suspended the investigation in criminal case No. 25157.
33. On 6 November 2002 the military prosecutor's office of the North-Caucasus military circuit informed the applicant that her complaint about the abduction of Bekkhan Alaudinov had been forwarded to the military prosecutor's office of the United Group Alignment (the military prosecutor's office of the UGA).
34. On 17 February 2003 the military prosecutor's office of military unit No. 20102 informed the applicant t
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