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Russian Information Ageny Novosti
August 14, 2008
Russia launches genocide probe over S. Ossetia events
-"They [the U.S.] of course had to hang Saddam Hussein
for destroying several Shiite villages," Vladimir
Putin said.
"But the current Georgian rulers, who in one hour
simply wiped ten Ossetian villages from the face of
the earth, who used tanks to knock down children and
the elderly, and who burnt civilians alive - they
(Georgian leaders) are players who of course have to
be protected."
TSKHINVALI - Top Russian investigators have opened a
criminal case on charges of genocide in connection
with recent events in South Ossetia, a General
Prosecutor's Office spokesman said on Thursday.
The Investigation Committee at the General
Prosecutor's Office "initiated a genocide probe based
on reports of actions committed by Georgian troops
aimed at murdering Russian citizens - ethnic Ossetians
- living in South Ossetia," said Igor Komissarov,
deputy chairman of the Investigation Committee.
Russia has accused Georgia of committing "genocide" by
launching an offensive last Friday to regain control
of the separatist province of South Ossetia. Russia is
calling for an international war crimes trial for the
Georgian leadership, which Moscow says is responsible
for massive loss of life in South Ossetia.
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered prosecutors on
August 10 to gather evidence to support Russian
allegations of the Georgian genocide of South
Ossetians. The vast majority of South Ossetians hold
Russian passports.
Russia has said that 1,600 civilians died in the
Georgian attack on Tskhinvali, the capital of the
breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
....
Speaking on South Ossetia's events earlier this week,
the Russian prime minister accused the West of double
standards.
"They [the U.S.] of course had to hang Saddam Hussein
for destroying several Shiite villages," Vladimir
Putin said.
"But the current Georgian rulers, who in one hour
simply wiped ten Ossetian villages from the face of
the earth, who used tanks to knock down children and
the elderly, and who burnt civilians alive - they
(Georgian leaders) are players who of course have to
be protected."
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