The Russian Investigative Commission does not rule out the possibility of publishing a warrant for former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and several other high-ranking officials for the events in South Ossetia in 2008, it was announced today in Moscow.
The official of the Investigative Commission Vladimir Markin told Itar-tas that an investigation was launched against Saakashvili and his associates for "attempts to completely remove the residents of South Ossetia."
Markin said that these persons previously had international immunity from prosecution, but that circumstances have changed.
"Since the government in Georgia has changed, persons involved in crimes on the territory of South Ossetia have lost their positions, so the Investigative Commission is considering indicting them and putting their names on international warrants," said Markin.
In the conflicts in South Ossetia in August 2008, 162 civilians were killed and 255 were injured. Ten Russian "peacekeepers" were killed, and 42 were wounded, reports Radio Free Europe.
Bonus video:
