The Belgorod District Court recognized the fact of the genocide of the peoples of the USSR by Nazi Germany. It has been reported Russia Investigative Committee.
The court satisfied the application of the Prosecutor General’s Office to recognize crimes committed by German troops and accomplices on the territory of the Belgorod region from July 1941 to August 1943.
The actions of the Nazis and their accomplices were recognized by the court as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide of the peoples of the Soviet Union.
It is stated that the fact of the genocide is confirmed by “the testimonies of numerous eyewitnesses and archival data on the extermination of Soviet civilians on the territory of the Belgorod region.”
State Duma of the Russian Federation on March 14 introduced Draft declaration on the genocide of the peoples of the USSR by Nazi Germany during the Great Patriotic War.
According to the document, the State Duma, taking into account the UN Charter, the decision of the Nuremberg Tribunal, “recognizes the criminal acts of the Nazi invaders and their accomplices against the civilian population of the USSR as genocide of the peoples of the Soviet Union.”