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Veteran organizations sent an appeal to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague of Fatu Bennus with a request to investigate the recruitment of mercenaries to participate in the secret operations of Russia abroad. This was reported by Radio Liberty with reference to the chairman of the Committee of the All -Russian Officer Assembly of the Cossack Ataman Evgeny Shabaev, who himself participated in the aggression of Moscow in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.

The preparation of the document became known on November 12 . On Sunday, on the 18th, the text was agreed on the forum "PMC. The death of the army - #surviving." The appeal was supported by 357 delegates from 52 regions, representing 18 all -Russian and interregional organizations.

The applicants argue that "the participants in the ChVC (private military and security companies. - Ed.) Deprive legal status intentionally, because of which they not only do not receive rehabilitation and economic support from the state, but also persecuted under the law on mercenaries." “With Russian mercenaries,” the appeal says, “legally insolvent, not regulating work in the conditions of combat, contracts ... In fact, civilians are misleading and exporting permanent residence from the country for illegal use for military purposes.”

At the same time, the document says, units of mercenaries, such as Patriot PMC and Wagner PMCs, as well as the company affiliated with these divisions, for example, operating in the Central African Republic of Lobaye Invest and working in Syria "Euro Polis", "conclude agreements on the international level and receive concessions and receive concessions As a result of official intergovernmental negotiations. "

(Earlier , both Lobaye Invest and the Euro Polis were associated with the oligarch Evgeny Prigozhin .)

Russian militants, stated in circulation, participate in wars in Ukraine, as well as in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, Tsar, Gabon and other countries of Asia and Africa. PMC losses are calculated by hundreds.

Over the past three years, thousands of complaints of mercenaries have entered veteran organizations. Meanwhile, the Russian Federation Council, the statement says, denies the existence of PMCs.

The situal has not changed for three years, the authors of the document conclude. In this regard, they demand that the prosecutor initiate the case under paragraph "I" of Article 7 (abduction of people) of the Roman Statute - the Charter of the Hague Tribunal.

In addition, the applicants demanded in the manner of Article 25 (individual criminal liability) the statute to begin the persecution of the organizers and owners of the PMC, as well as persons providing them with organizational, logistics, military-technical and other support. The authors promised to provide assistance to the tribunal, in particular, testify.

Shabaev refused to inform the “Radio Liberty” of the Contacts of the militants who were ready to speak in court, referring to the “fears of criminal prosecution” of these persons in Russia.

On July 6, the All -Russian Officer Assembly sent an appeal to the Russian authorities demanding to legalize PMCs . The document, among other things, indicated that the PMC militants who returned from Syria are registered with the FSB and the police. "According to our information (they), they are constantly being verified, and the families of dead soldiers and officers are forced to hide the fact of the participation of relatives (in the war. - Ed.)," The signatures noted.

As Shabaev told Radio Freedom now, a response from the Ministry of Defense was received to this appeal. In it, the organization and activities of PMCs in Russia were called anti -constitutional.