1 August, Minsk /Ekaterina Nechaeva - BELTA/. The case of the explosion in the Minsk metro will soon be sent to court. This was announced today to journalists by the Deputy Prosecutor General - Head of the Investigative Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, Andrei Shved, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. Currently, the preliminary investigation of the criminal case concerning explosions in the Minsk metro in April 2011, in Minsk in 2008, and in Vitebsk in 2005 has been completed. The case materials have been handed over to the prosecutor for submission to the court. Most likely, the case will be heard in the Supreme Court of Belarus. According to Andrei Shved, two defendants are involved in this criminal case - Kovalev and Konovalov. Kovalev is accused of involvement in 15 episodes of unlawful acts, including complicity in the act of terrorism in the Minsk metro, illegal trafficking of explosives, failure to report a crime, and concealment of a crime weapon. Konovalov is accused of committing over 30 criminal episodes, including 4 acts of terrorism, illegal actions with explosives, particularly malicious hooliganism, and intentional damage to property by generally dangerous means. The Deputy Prosecutor General emphasized that the defendants have been provided with the right to defense from the first days of the investigation. After studying the criminal case materials, which comprise over 550 volumes, the accused and their defenders have not filed any complaints or statements. Answering the question of whether the investigation managed to establish if there were any organizers of the terrorist attack in the Minsk metro besides the suspects, Andrei Shved stated: "I declare with full responsibility that during the investigation of the criminal case and the complex of operational-search activities, there is no data indicating that sponsors or masterminds were behind Kovalev and Konovalov." According to the Deputy Prosecutor General, the detainees acted independently, and they began their criminal activities in 2000 when they committed their first crime. The result of their criminal activities was the death of 15 citizens of Belarus, hundreds of injured lives, and material damage exceeding Br2 billion. The maximum penalty provided for by the most serious article, "Terrorism," is the death penalty. Andrei Shved also refuted the information that appeared in the media about the alleged connection of Belarusian terrorists with the Norwegian Breivik, calling it a "journalistic hoax."