Having completed the investigation into the murder of Border Service General Vitaly Gamov, the prosecutor's office of the Sakhalin region sent the materials to the regional court. The defendants in the case were Alexey Anikin, Sergey Malyutin and Alexey Britov, who, according to the prosecution, are the perpetrators of the crime. In particular, they are charged with premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder. According to the prosecutor's office, on May 21, 2002, the defendants broke a window and threw four bottles of flammable mixture into the apartment of the general's family.