Suspects of Domodedovo terror act become witnessed

The Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has removed suspicions from the security agents who had figured in the criminal case for their failure to ensure due security at objects of transport infrastructure, opened after the attack at the Domodedovo Airport.

Andrei Alexeev, the former head of the Transport Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for in the Central Federal District (CFD), Alexander Trushanin, ex-head of the LOVD (Linear Interior Division) "Domodedovo", and his deputies Alexander Budtsov and Alexander Degtyaryov, were the above suspects in the case.

The same charges were brought against Igor Borisov, Director of the Russian representative office of the "Airport Management Company Limited", an offshore company, registered on the Isle of Man and in charge of managing the airport, his deputy Vyacheslav Nekrasov, Andrei Danilov, the managing director in charge of the airport security of the Closed Joint-Stock Company (CJSC) "Domodedovo Airport Aviation Security" and Anatoly Moiseev, the chief of the aviation security service of the CJSC, the "Kommersant" reports.

Within three months, from February to late April, each of the above suspects was prescribed to sign ten-day-long recognizance not to leave by the inspector.

However, later, the Prosecutor's Office intervened into the case, after which the bosses of the ICRF found the above restrictive measures illegal and cancelled them. Soon after cancellation of the recognizance, suspicious against them were also lifted, the "RBC" reports.

Nevertheless, investigatory actions under the case continue; a number of examinations have been appointed, the results of which will entail new procedural decisions. Meanwhile, according to the defence, the team of inspectors was reduced from 20 to 10 persons. The very case was downloaded from the Chief Investigatory Department of the ICRF to the lower regional structure, where it is now investigated by some Major of Justice, the "Interfax" reports.