The United States will prove that the Russian army has stolen and tortured civilians in Ukraine - expert

American investigators can try to establish responsibility not only individual representatives of the army of the Russian Federation, but of their higher commanders. Following the declaration of suspicion to four persons who are fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Russian army, through the abduction and torture of the US citizen, Ukraine may talk more convincingly about the Russian practice of detention and maintenance of civilians.

The lawyer, expert of the media initiative for human rights Andriy Yakovlev, said this in a comment to the focus in the material "Lifetime. "In fact, an independent body - the US Department of Justice can describe and establish Russian practice of detention of civilians during the occupation.

Then we know the practice we will be confirmed not only by Ukrainian bodies and human rights organizations, but also by the judicial system In democratic countries, they learn about what is happening in Ukraine, "says Focus Yakovlev. US investigators can also try not only to individual representatives of the Russian army, but their higher commanders.

Recall that the United States has prepared prosecution to citizens of the Russian Federation recently, the Prosecutor General and the Minister of Justice Merrick Garland said. It is said that during the occupation of the Kherson region in the village of Milove in the spring of 2022, the Russian military abducted the US citizen, kept it for ten days, tortured it.