of military unit No. 20102 replied to a query lodged by the SRJI on the applicants' behalf and stated that in the file of criminal case No. 56031 opened in relation to the abduction of Mr Ismail Dzhamayev and other persons there was no indication that the federal servicemen had been involved in the alleged offence.
42. On 2 April 2003 the military prosecutor of military unit No. 20102 notified the SRJI that the case file of the investigation instituted in connection with the disappearance of Mr Ismail Dzhamayev and other persons had been returned to the Prosecutor's Office of the Chechen Republic, as the military prosecutor had no competence over the case in the absence of evidence of the military personnel's involvement in the alleged offence.
43. On 26 June 2003 the military prosecutor of military unit No. 20102 quashed the decision of 23 January 2003 and reopened the investigation. Relatives of the disappeared persons were notified of the reopening.
44. On 27 July 2003 the military prosecutor of military unit No. 20102 suspended the investigation on account of the failure to identify persons to be charged with the offence. Relatives of the disappeared persons were notified of the decision.
45. On 7 August 2003 the SRJI applied to the Military Prosecutor's Office of the UGA requesting, inter alia, exhumation of the remains of the unidentified bodies buried by the residents of Stariye Atagi in a common grave and a forensic examination with a view to their identification.
46. On 29 October 2003 the Military Prosecutor's Office of the UGA quashed the decision of 27 July 2003 to suspend the investigation on the ground that the whereabouts of unspecified witnesses had been established which required further investigative actions. Relatives of the disappeared persons were notified of the reopening.
47. On 19 March 2004 the Military Prosecutor's Office of the UGA suspended the investigation. The decision read, in particular:
"During the period from 6 to 13 March 2002 servicemen from the internal troops of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of the Defence, officials of the Ministry of the Interior and the FSB conducted a special operation in the village of Stariye Atagi... aimed at the identification, arrest and extermination of members of an illegal armed group and the search for four servicemen of the FSB who had gone missing.
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During the period when the special operation was being conducted unidentified persons in camouflage uniform accompanied by cars and armoured vehicles abducted [the following] residents of Stariye Atagi: A.P. Akhmadov, S.-S. Kanayev, I. Dzhamayev, I. Kuntayev, I.A. Chagayev, A.Sh. Pokayev, I.S. Magomadov, M.Kh. Isambayev, A. Baysarov, T.S. Khadzhayev, A.N. Zakayev.
Taking into account that the term of the preliminary investigation has expired and that the investigative measures that could be taken in the absence of a suspect have been completed, [the investigation should be suspended]."
48. Relatives of the disappeared persons were notified of the decision to suspend the investigation.
49. On 22 May 2004 the Military Prosecutor's Office of the UGA quashed the decision and reopened the investigation. Relatives of the disappeared persons were informed accordingly.
50. On 22 June 2004 the Military Prosecutor's Office of the UGA again suspended the investigation. The decision read, in so far as relevant:
"During the period from 6 to 13 March 2002 servicemen from the internal troops of the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of the Defence, officials of the Ministry of the Interior and the FSB conducted a special operation in the village of Stariye Atagi... aimed at the identification, arrest and extermination of members of an illegal armed group and the search for four servicemen of the FSB who had gone missing.
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