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Russian lower house urges world parliaments to condemn Kiev’s slaughter of Russian POWs

The legislators emphasized that the deliberate killing of POWs "marks Ukraine’s blatant violation of international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and international human rights rules, namely the 1984 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment"

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/. Russia’s State Duma (the lower house of parliament) has adopted a statement on the recent summary execution of Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine, calling on lawmakers in other countries to condemn the Kiev regime’s war crimes.

The document, submitted by the State Duma’s defense and foreign affairs committees, particularly points out that the lawmakers "were outraged to learn about the shooting of captured Russian service members, yet another heinous crime committed by the Kiev regime."

"State Duma members call on world parliaments to unequivocally condemn the Kiev regime’s crimes and contribute to efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of this inhuman murder and their sponsors," the statement reads.

The legislators emphasized that the deliberate killing of POWs "marks Ukraine’s blatant violation of international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and international human rights rules, namely the 1984 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment."

The State Duma’s statements will be submitted to the Russian president, government and the Federation Council (the upper house of parliament). They will also be sent to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of CIS member states, the Parliamentary Assembly fo the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the parliaments of United Nations member states.

"The footage showing the sadistic murder, which was made public, once again confirmed the Nazi nature of the Kiev government that for a long time has been encouraging the murder and torture of civilians and prisoners of war," the State Duma members noted. In this regard, they urged the collective West "to stop supporting Nazi ideas and principles that Ukraine’s activities are currently based on as its leaders keep pushing the world towards a global catastrophe through their false-flag operations and escalation of violence."

Russia’s Investigative Committee earlier opened a criminal case over the mass shooting of Russian prisoners of war by the Ukrainian military. The Investigative Committee said in a statement on Friday that the case was based on a video showing Ukrainian troops shooting at least 11 unarmed Russian servicemen captured in the Lugansk People’s Republic.