Posted on Dec 7, 2023
U.S. unveils war crimes charges against 4 Russian-allied troops
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The U.S. Justice Department announced war crimes charges Wednesday against four people affiliated with the Russian military for allegedly abducting and torturing an American citizen in Ukraine following the Kremlin's full-scale invasion last year.
The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine. Ukrainian prosecutors, meanwhile, have brought their own separate and unrelated war crimes cases against Russian troops since the war began.
"As the world has witnessed the horrors of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, so has the United States Department of Justice," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "The Justice Department will work for as long as it takes to pursue accountability and justice for Russia's war of aggression."
The U.S. Justice Department announced war crimes charges Wednesday against four people affiliated with the Russian military for allegedly abducting and torturing an American citizen in Ukraine following the Kremlin's full-scale invasion last year.
The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine. Ukrainian prosecutors, meanwhile, have brought their own separate and unrelated war crimes cases against Russian troops since the war began.
"As the world has witnessed the horrors of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, so has the United States Department of Justice," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "The Justice Department will work for as long as it takes to pursue accountability and justice for Russia's war of aggression."
U.S. unveils war crimes charges against 4 Russian-allied troops
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I understand the motivation and agree with the why, but honestly this seems to be a spinning your wheels thing. None of them will ever face justice.
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..."During the abduction, the indictment says, they they threw the victim "face down to the ground while he was naked, tied his hands behind his back, pointed a gun at his head, and beat him with their feet, their fists, and the stocks of their guns," according to the indictment.
It was the beginning of what court papers paint as 10 days of brutal treatment at the hands of his captors.
Over that time, the defendants allegedly took the American to a military compound, where he was beaten again. In the days that followed, the indictment says, he was subjected to several interrogations sessions during the defendants stripped and photographed him, beat him and threatened to kill him.
At one point, a co-conspirators allegedly held a knife to the victim's throat. The indictment also describes a mock execution of the American, identified in court papers as V-1.
The indictment says that the defendant Nazar and co-conspirators "took V-1 outside, forced V-1 to the ground, put a gun to the back of V-1's head, then moved the position of the gun and pulled the trigger, causing the bullet to go past V-1's head and causing V-1 to believe he was about to die."
It is unclear how or when the victim regained his freedom.
While this prosecution marks the first by the U.S. Justice Department for alleged war crimes in Ukraine stemming from the Russian invasion, Ukrainian prosecutors are pursuing their own war crimes investigations and already have brought cases against Russian troops."
..."During the abduction, the indictment says, they they threw the victim "face down to the ground while he was naked, tied his hands behind his back, pointed a gun at his head, and beat him with their feet, their fists, and the stocks of their guns," according to the indictment.
It was the beginning of what court papers paint as 10 days of brutal treatment at the hands of his captors.
Over that time, the defendants allegedly took the American to a military compound, where he was beaten again. In the days that followed, the indictment says, he was subjected to several interrogations sessions during the defendants stripped and photographed him, beat him and threatened to kill him.
At one point, a co-conspirators allegedly held a knife to the victim's throat. The indictment also describes a mock execution of the American, identified in court papers as V-1.
The indictment says that the defendant Nazar and co-conspirators "took V-1 outside, forced V-1 to the ground, put a gun to the back of V-1's head, then moved the position of the gun and pulled the trigger, causing the bullet to go past V-1's head and causing V-1 to believe he was about to die."
It is unclear how or when the victim regained his freedom.
While this prosecution marks the first by the U.S. Justice Department for alleged war crimes in Ukraine stemming from the Russian invasion, Ukrainian prosecutors are pursuing their own war crimes investigations and already have brought cases against Russian troops."
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