On September 15, a group of human rights activists appealed to the Hague Tribunal and the International Criminal Court with a claim against Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the verdict of Grigory Grabovoi.
The head of the department for providing legal assistance to those illegally convicted of the All-Russian public organization "Commission against Corruption" Mikhail Trepashkin, expert of the OOD "For Human Rights" Vladimir Stepanov, Grabovoy's lawyer Vyacheslav Konev, Chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Human Rights of the Republic of Tatarstan Sergei Knyazkin demanded to initiate an international criminal case prosecution and bringing to international criminal responsibility the former President of the Russian Federation Putin and the current President of the Russian Federation Medvedev "for preparing for genocide and carrying out genocide through the criminal prosecution and conviction of Grigory Grabovoi."
On September 17, during a press conference, S. Knyazkin “spoke about the “facts of preparation of political genocide.” The case was opened three days after the Founding Congress of the political party of Grabovoi’s followers DRUGG, held on March 17, 2006, at which Grigory Grabovoi’s intention to run for the post of President of the Russian Federation in 2008,” reports Credo.ru .
V. Stepanov saw signs of genocide in the facts of persecution of other religious organizations and explosions of residential buildings in Buinaksk. In his opinion, the arrival of secret service workers in government bodies has absolutely changed the “psychological component in governing the country.”
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