Investigation Committee working on a Nuremberg Trial for Saakashvili
\nAuthor: Dmitri Steshin
\nSource: Komsomolskaya Pravda, No. 193, December 24, 2008, p. 4
\n[The interim results of an investigation into the Georgian Army’s
\ncrimes in South Ossetia have been released by the Investigation
\nCommittee at the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian
\nFederation. The question of establishing a special judicial body
\nfor the events in South Ossetia will be considered.]
\nRussian investigators report on the Georgian Army’s crimes in South Ossetia<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The interim results of an investigation into the Georgian
\nArmy’s crimes in South Ossetia were released on December 23 by the
\nInvestigation Committee at the Prosecutor General’s Office of the
\nRussian Federation.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A team of investigators and experts from the Russian
\nProsecutor General’s Office spent about a week touring Tskhinvali
\nand its outskirts. They questioned local residents and prisoners
\nof war, and participated in exhuming the bodies of Ossetians who
\nwere killed and buried in their own yards. They recorded
\noutrageous cases such as an incident where soldiers opened fire on
\na car carrying women and children. The investigators then spent
\nalmost four months processing the materials they had gathered.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The results of this investiation were released to the public
\non December 23 in the form of a White Book. But many materials
\nstill remain “off screen” – destined for the court-room. This was
\nconfirmed at a press conference by Investigation Committee
\nDirector Alexander Bastrykin: “After the investigation is
\ncomplete, the question of establishing a special judicial body for
\nthe events in South Ossetia will be considered. After the
\ninvestigation, all materials will be handed over to the Foreign
\nMinistry of the Russian Federation. The Ministry will present them
\nto the international community. Documents have already been found
\nproving that Georgia started preparations for its act of
\naggression as far back as 2005.”
\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The investigation revealed some sensational news. There has
\nbeen a great deal of speculation about foreigners participating in
\nthe attack on South Ossetia. Now these rumors have been confirmed:
\nin the village of Achebeli, investigators found photographs, note-
\npads, uniforms, and insignia from a Ukrainian nationalist
\norganization, UNA-UNSO.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They also established that an “international” diversionary
\ngroup participated in the storming of Tskhinvali. It included
\ncitizens of Turkey, the United States, and the Czech Republic.
\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The White Book will soon be translated into English.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Translated by InterContact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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