Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District: “First of all, provocateurs and those who incite ethnic hatred will be punished”
On June 5, 2007, Dmitry Kozak, presidential plenipotentiary in the Southern Federal District, warned of criminal liability for those who are trying to foment a conflict in connection with the events in Stavropol. "I want to warn all those who are trying to warm their hands on this, especially volunteers from other regions, including from Moscow: the law enforcement system will pursue such people to the fullest extent of the law," he said .