480_44 interference 44. <16> Throughout the material time, the following reasons were given by the domestic courts to justify the above-mentioned decisions: (1) a reasonable suspicion that the applicant had committed the offences with which he was charged; (2) the severity of the punishment which was likely to be imposed if the applicant were convicted; (3) the need to ensure the proper conduct of the proceedings against the threat that the applicant would abscond which was considered real in view of the applicant’s international connections (i.e. he would take refuge in Russia) or collude witnesses, which was considered likely in view of the severity of the punishment; (4) the complexity of the investigation and the number of activities planned to be undertaken, as enumerated by the prosecutor in the classified part of his application.