MOSCOW, May 13. /ITAR-TASS/. The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to organize an impartial and transparent international investigation into the recent tragedy in Odessa.

“Special attention should be paid to a section of the OSCE ‘roadmap’ dealing with investigation of all acts of violence,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

“It should be OSCE’s absolute priority to organize unbiased and transparent international investigation into the May 2 tragedy in Odessa and all cases of armed attacks on civilians that have taken place in southeast Ukraine in recent days,” the Russian Foreign Ministry went on to say.

“We are urging the OSCE to gain the consent of the Kiev authorities to full cooperation on these issues,” the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.