During the criminal investigation, launched into the crimes under articles 356, 105, 144, 126 of the RF Criminal Code on usage of prohibited means and methods of warfare, aggravated killing, preventing professional activity of journalists and kidnapping a warrant has been issued prosecute Igor Kolomoysky and Arsen Avakov as the accused.
They are charged with organization of a number of crimes: murders, usage of prohibited means and methods of warfare, preventing professional activity of journalists and kidnapping (part 3 of article 33, paragraphs “a”, “b”, “f”, “g”, “l” of part 2 of article 105, part 3 of article 33, part 1 of article 356, part 3 of article 33, part 3 of article 144, part 3 of article 33, paragraph “a” of part 3 of article 126 of the RF Penal Code). On one of these days the investigators are going to put Avakov and Kolomoysky on the international wanted list and request the court for their arrest.
A team of investigators are conducting a large amount of investigating operations on the people, arriving from Ukraine, to the Rostov Region, Republic of Crimea, as well as the Belgorod, Voronezh, Bryansk, Kursk and other regions. Namely, 2,350 witnesses have been questioned, 1,420 people have been found victims, 208 of them are minors. More than a thousand of people have handed Russian investigators their claims addressed to the International Criminal Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
Moreover, measures are being taken to identify certain individuals from the number of officers and soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the National Guard of Ukraine and Right Sector militants, who took part in a military operation against the civilians in southeastern Ukraine. The Investigation is ongoing.
Head of Media Relations V. I. Markin
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