RUSSIA SEEKS INTERNATIONAL PACE GROUP TO PROBE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, November 15, 2014, 15:58

The State Duma speaker has confirmed Russia’s PACE proposal to launch an international panel to investigate crimes against humanity in Europe, such as the tragedy in Odessa or mass executions of civilians near Ukraine’s Donetsk.

Sergey Naryshkin reiterated the suggestion at the meeting with members of PACE’s Presidential Committee in Moscow.

He noted that specific crimes against humanity requiring urgent attention included the tragedy in Odessa, Ukraine, in May this year in which dozens of people were burned alive by nationalist radicals for demonstrating their disagreement with the February coup in Kiev.

“Among such crimes we also list a mass execution, mass graves found near Donetsk, mass graves of civilian citizens,” RIA Novosti quoted the parliamentary chief as saying.

He also called upon all PACE officials not to follow Ukraine’s example and stop building the “walls of distrust” in Europe.

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