Saydi Malsagov's abduction and to inform the applicants of the results of the investigative steps taken.
41. On 23 June 2005 the SRJI requested the district prosecutor's office to inform them of the progress in the investigation into Saydi Malsagov's kidnapping and to inform the applicants of the results of the investigative steps taken.
42. On 12 July 2005 the district prosecutor's office informed the SRJI that the investigative measures were being taken to solve the crime and that the first applicant could study the case file in their premises.
2. Information submitted by the Government
43. On 13 November 2002 the district prosecutor's office opened criminal investigation file No. 61147 into the kidnapping of Saydi Malsagov under Article 126 § 2 of the Russian Criminal Code.
44. On 19 November 2002 the district prosecutor's office asked the Department of the Federal Security Service of the Chechen Republic ("the Chechen FSB") and all district and town departments of the interior in the Chechen Republic whether they had any information concerning Saydi Malsagov's kidnappers. They received negative replies.
45. On 19 November 2002 the district prosecutor's office questioned the first applicant as a witness. She submitted that at 3 a.m. on 7 November 2002 ten or twelve men had entered her house and had locked her in a room with her daughter. When she had got out of the room, she had discovered that the armed men had taken her son away. She had not heard any armoured vehicles. Nothing had been stolen from her house. None of her family members had been assaulted.
46. On 13 January 2003 the district prosecutor's office granted the first applicant victim status.
47. On 13 January 2003 the district prosecutor's office suspended the investigation in case No. 61147 for failure to identify those responsible and ordered the ROVD to take more active investigative measures to solve the crime.
48. On 12 February 2003 the first applicant was notified of the decision to suspend the investigation and was advised of her right to appeal against it.
49. On 16 April 2003 the district prosecutor's office received the first applicant's request to take measures to establish her son's whereabouts and to inform her of the progress in the investigation.
50. On 25 April 2003 the first applicant was notified of the suspension of the investigation.
51. On 19 June 2003 the district prosecutor's office received the first applicant's request for access to the case file. On 20 June 2003 they replied that she could study the documents at any time.
52. On 1 August 2003 the district prosecutor's office quashed the decision of 13 January 2003, resumed the investigation and informed the first applicant accordingly.
53. On 1 August 2003 the district prosecutor's office questioned Ms S. as a witness. She submitted that on the night of 6 to 7 November 2002 unidentified masked men with machine guns had entered their home, ordered her to lie on the floor, searched the house and taken her husband away. On the same date the district prosecutor's office questioned the seventh applicant as a witness. He submitted that at about 2 a.m. on the night of 6 to 7 November 2002 around twenty-five or thirty armed men had burst into their house and ordered him to produce his identity papers. He had replied that the papers were on a table. The men had forced him to the floor and searched the room. When they had left, the seventh applicant had learned that they had taken his brother away.
54. On 8 August 2003 the district prosecutor's office sent requests for information on Saydi Malsagov's kidnapping to all law enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic. The military commander's office of Urus-Martan District,
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