14 August 2008, 12:25

Russia brings case on genocide in South Ossetia

The Investigatory Committee at the Prosecutor's Office (ICPO) of Russia has initiated a criminal case on the fact of mass assassinations of Russian citizens in South Ossetia, under which Georgia is accused of genocide, as Igor Komissarov, assistant of the chairman of the ICPO, has reported.

On August 10, President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev ordered the ICPO to collect and document evidences of the crimes committed in South Ossetia, having treated the Georgia's actions in the non-recognized republic as genocide.

Mr Komissarov said: "The Chief Investigatory Department of the ICPO has initiated a criminal case under Article 357 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Genocide") based on the available data that Georgian armed forces had accomplished actions directed towards liquidation of Russian citizens, who lived in South Ossetia and were Ossetian nationals, by murders and causing heavy harm to human health."

The ITAR-TASS reports that now about 100 Russian inspectors continue their work in Tskhinvali investigating the murder cases of Russian citizens and peacekeepers.

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

November 04, 2024 23:48

  • Songs of Rostov musicians anger pro-government activists

    After musicians from the “Kasta” band from Rostov-on-Don presented their new album, the “Veterans of Russia” public movement found a reason to request an investigation into the musicians’ activities for their alleged assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

November 04, 2024 23:39

November 04, 2024 23:13

November 04, 2024 21:50

November 04, 2024 20:49

  • MIA announces publicist Boris Stomakhin wanted

    Boris Stomakhin, a publicist, who has served prison terms for publications about the terror acts in Volgograd and the armed conflict in Chechnya, has been declared wanted. The RIA "Novosti", citing a source, has reported that Stomakhin is a figurant in a criminal case for spreading fake news about the Russian Army in connection with his posts in social networks.

News archive