War crimes

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Russian prosecutors seek qualification of WWII massacres in Belgorod region as genocide

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has petitioned the Belgorod Regional Court to recognize the massacres committed by the Nazis on the territory of the Belgorod Region during the Great Patriotic War as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide of the Soviet people.

17:40 22.06.2022

Crimean Supreme Court to hear on genocide during Great Patriotic War

The Supreme Court of Crimea is to start considering the case of genocide of the Soviet people during the years of the occupation of the peninsula during the Great Patriotic War on June 27.

18:13 20.06.2022

Genocide ruling as to Pskov civilians’ murders during WWII comes into force

A court ruling recognizing massacres of civilians committed in the Pskov Region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War as genocide came into force on Tuesday.

12:50 05.10.2021

Pskov civilians’ murders during WWII recognized as genocide

The Pskov Regional Court on Friday recognized massacres of civilians committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War as genocide.

11:31 27.08.2021

Pskov court to hand down ruling in case over locals’ murders during WWII

The Pskov Regional Court is to hear oral arguments and proclaim the judicial disposition of the decision in a genocide case over the massacres of civilians committed in the region by the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War.

12:06 23.08.2021

State Duma MPs push idea to ban public identification of USSR with Third Reich

The lower house of Russian parliament passed a draft law banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II in the second reading on Tuesday.

14:45 08.06.2021

Russia’s Investigative Committee conducts probe at WWII mass grave site in Bryansk

Officers the Russian Investigative Committee in cooperation with experts with the civil society movement engaged in search for the soldiers and civilians perished in the Great Patriotic War are working on extraction and identification of the remains of those killed at the location of the Dulag-142 concentration camp in the city of Bryansk as part of a criminal case on the genocide of the peoples of the USSR.

12:16 31.05.2021

Investigators join proceedings over cases of genocide against civilians during WWII

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over genocide of the peoples of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War joining in it all cases of Nazi crimes against civilians under investigation.

15:18 22.03.2021

Russian MP proposes stiff fines for organizations rehabilitating Nazism

A Deputy Chair of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya has submitted a draft law on fines of up to 3 million rubles for organizations denying facts established by the Nurenberg Tribunal.

14:58 06.11.2020

WWII murders in Novgorod Region recognized as genocide

The Soletsky District Court in the Nizny Novgorod Region on Tuesday adjudged that an act of genocide against peoples of the Soviet Union was committed in Zhestyanaya Gorka village in 1942.

19:46 27.10.2020

Prosecutors to seek definition of WWII murders in Novgorod Region as genocide

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Novgorod Region is to petition a court to rule that an act of genocide against peoples of the Soviet Union was committed in Zhestyanaya Gorka village in 1942.

12:05 29.09.2020

Russia’s Investigative Committee opens case over discovery of mass WW2 grave

A criminal case was opened by investigators after a mass grave of Soviet citizens murdered during the World War II had been discovered in the Leningrad Region.

13:01 17.09.2020

Three more persons charged over Nazi photos on Immortal Regiment website

Charges have been brought against three more persons as part of cases over publishing of photos Nazi criminals on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.

18:18 28.05.2020

One more case opened in Russia over Nazism rehabilitation at Immortal Regiment event

Tula Region investigators opened a case over rehabilitation of Nazism against a young woman, who had allegedly published a photo of Adolf Hitler on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.

12:37 21.05.2020

Russian investigators identify suspects in Nazism rehabilitation case

Russia’s investigative authorities acting in cooperation with the police could identify suspects allegedly behind an attempt to publish photographs of Nazi criminals on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.

17:59 15.05.2020

Human Rights Council expects thorough probe in attack on Immortal Regiment website

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council hopes that investigation of an incident affecting the online Immortal Regiment event and some other websites commemorating heroes of the Great Patriotic War will be swift, thorough and objective one, according to the body’s Chair Valery Fadeyev.

14:59 15.05.2020

Criminal cases opened over rehabilitation of Nazism at Immortal Regiment event

Investigative authorities have opened criminal cases over rehabilitation of Nazism after finding out that photographs of Nazi criminals were published on websites of the Immortal Regiment movement.

16:14 14.05.2020

Russia’s Supreme Court denies rehabilitation of WWII traitor commander

Russia’s Supreme Court had upheld an opinion of the Prosecutor General’s Office declining to rehabilitate a former deputy commander of an army within the Soviet armed forces during WWII, colonel Vladimir Artsezo.

16:09 27.09.2019

Four men get harsh sentence for taking part in attack against Russian troops 20 years ago

Four men have been sentenced to long prison terms for involvement in the attack against members of Russian military forces in the Republic of Dagestan nearly 20 years ago, in August 1999.

17:21 01.07.2019

Man charged with attack against Russian servicemen in 1999 goes on trial

A criminal case against Rustam Ismailov, allegedly involved in the attack against members of Russian military forces in 1999, has been forwarded to the Supreme Court of Dagestan for hearing.

17:10 22.02.2018