The decisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague (Netherlands) on the completion of the investigation into the situation in Georgia and the issuance of warrants for the arrest of three citizens of South Ossetia indicate that the international institution is used as an instrument of pressure on Russia, representing it as the aggressor.
This was announced to TASS on Monday by a member of the South Ossetian Parliament, David Sanakoev.
On Friday, the ICC Prosecutor's Office announced the completion of an investigation into the situation in Georgia. This was preceded by a decision taken by the Pre-Trial Chamber, which issued arrest warrants for three people as part of an investigation into the events of 2008: former Minister of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia Mikhail Mindzaev, former head of the pre-trial detention center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of South Ossetia Hamlet Guchmazov and former Commissioner for Human Rights under the President of South Ossetia Ossetia by David Sanakoev. According to the court, they are involved in the commission of various war crimes during the armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Georgia in 2008.
"The fact that the stage of the ICC investigation in this form has been completed right now indicates that this international institution is being used as an instrument of pressure on Russia. During the Georgian attack on South Ossetia, we turned out to be victims, and Georgia the aggressor, now the ICC is intending to make us criminals, and Russia - the aggressor which attacked Georgia on August 8, 2008," Sanakoev said.
According to him, from the information published on the official website of the court, it follows that three Ossetians directed by Russia were guilty of Georgia's attack on South Ossetia in August 2008. "After Russia forced Georgia to peace and saved our people from extermination, the leadership of the Republic instructed me to deal with the return of dozens of South Ossetian citizens captured by Georgian units during the hostilities. Thomas Hammerberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, was actively involved in the return processes at that time," the deputy has reminded, “I doubt that commissioner for human rights would have taken any part in crimes against humanity.”
Sanakoev has also added that the ICC ignored 3,000 applications from citizens of South Ossetia who complained about the crimes committed by the Georgian military.
