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Russia vows to prosecute Nazi collaborators behind World War Two GENOCIDE for crimes committed over 75 years ago | Russia vows to prosecute Nazi collaborators behind World War Two GENOCIDE for crimes committed over 75 years ago |
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Russian investigators have opened a case after the remains of nearly fifty people were found in a grave in Russia's north-western Pskov region. They are likely the victims of mass executions dating back to World War Two. | |
All of the 46 victims exhumed, 37 men and nine women, were shot in the head, the Investigative Committee (IC) says. It has opened a criminal case on charges of genocide. | |
Сrimes based on an ideology of racial supremacy have no period of limitation, the IC's spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in an official statement. | Сrimes based on an ideology of racial supremacy have no period of limitation, the IC's spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said in an official statement. |
She promised that the IC will continue to conduct investigations into the crimes committed by Nazis, and their collaborators, during the Second World War. | She promised that the IC will continue to conduct investigations into the crimes committed by Nazis, and their collaborators, during the Second World War. |
The grave was excavated at the site of a Nazi concentration camp near Moglino village. | The grave was excavated at the site of a Nazi concentration camp near Moglino village. |
Over 3,000 Soviet POWs and civilians belonging to various ethnic and religious groups were executed in Moglino and other locations in the Pskov region in 1941-44 by the camps' Estonian guards, according to materials declassified by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) last November. | Over 3,000 Soviet POWs and civilians belonging to various ethnic and religious groups were executed in Moglino and other locations in the Pskov region in 1941-44 by the camps' Estonian guards, according to materials declassified by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) last November. |
Last summer, Estonian authorities proposed restoring a monument to a Waffen-SS soldier, a move described by Russia as a provocation and an affront to the memory of those who died fighting the Nazis. | Last summer, Estonian authorities proposed restoring a monument to a Waffen-SS soldier, a move described by Russia as a provocation and an affront to the memory of those who died fighting the Nazis. |
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