Reuters, 08/10 13:36 CET
By Thomas Escritt
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The
International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday that its prosecutor
planned to investigate possible crimes committed in the 2008 conflict
between Russia and Georgia, bringing Moscow, an opponent of the court,
into its sights for the first time.
Judges must now decide whether to permit the move, which
would pit non-member Russia against the European-backed permanent global
war crimes court at a time when east-west tensions run higher than at
any time since the Cold War.
The Hague-based court is already considering whether to
open an investigation into crimes committed in Ukraine, another
West-leaning former Soviet republic which is fighting Moscow-backed
separatists in its east.
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Source: Euronews
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