The Moscow region Prosecutor's Office said on May 25 it has filed a lawsuit to recognize crimes committed by Nazi troops in 1941-1942 in the area as war crimes and genocide. The move comes amid international calls to recognize Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine as genocide of Ukrainians. In October, a court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), recognized the 1941-1944 siege of the city as a genocide. In January, President Vladimir Putin said it is "extremely important" to recognize Nazi crimes in the Soviet Union during World War II as genocide.
Russian Prosecutors Seek To Recognize Nazi Crimes In Moscow Region As Genocide
In this image from 1942, men collect bodies in Leningrad (now St. Peterburg). President Vladimir Putin said it is "extremely important" to recognize Nazi crimes in the Soviet Union during World War II as genocide.