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Chairman of the IC of Russia Instructs Investigators to Initiate a Criminal Case in Connection With the Illegal Prosecution of Rectors of Russian Universities in Ukraine

Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, has instructed the Main Investigative Department of the IC of Russia to initiate a criminal case against officials of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine who made an illegal decision to prosecute the rectors of universities of the Russian Federation.

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine charged in absentia the heads of higher educational institutions, members of the Russian Union of Rectors, with “the infringement on the territorial integrity of Ukraine”, as they had signed a letter in support of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.

The Chairman of the IC of Russia has instructed the Main Investigative Department of the IC of Russia to initiate a criminal case on the grounds of a crime under Article 299 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (bringing a knowingly innocent person to criminal liability or illegal initiation of a criminal case), and to carry out investigative actions aimed at identifying specific persons who made the illegal decision to bring Russian citizens to criminal liability.

22 March 2022 18:07

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