Russian occupier seeks asylum in Netherlands, offers testimony on Putin's allies to ICC
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A high-ranking Russian occupier has fled to the Netherlands and is ready to testify about Russian war crimes in Ukraine at the International Criminal Court, the Russian human rights project Gulagu.net reported on Dec.18.
The defector, identified as a major and former officer of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), served as a senior instructor for Wagner PMC. He held the position of "ex-colonel and head of the 4th department of the special operations department" in the so-called prosecutor's office of the terrorist group "DPR."
The Russian is said to be seeking political asylum and international protection in the Netherlands,
He is said to be willing to testify against:
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Former assistant to Russian dictator Putin and Kremlin curator of "L/DPR" Vladislav Surkov,
Former leader of "DPR", Russian State Duma deputy Alexander Borodai,
Curator of the so-called PMCs Redut and Wagner, Major General Sergey Svid,
High-ranking officials of the FSB and Russia’s Defense Ministry, who oversaw military operations against Ukraine in 2014-2015 and 2022.
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Gulagu.net has also released testimony detailing the occupier's account of war crimes, submitted to the International Criminal Court.
The statement outlines his participation in the invasion of Ukraine since 2014 commanding a protection group for Borodai, "who acted personally on behalf of Vladislav Surkov," witnessing the falsification of data on the fake "referendum" in Donetsk, guarding the weapons transportation corridor to Donbas from Russian territory, and observing Russian war crimes in Ukraine and Syria.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued on March 17 an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on charges of committing war crimes in connection with the abduction of Ukrainian children to Russia. Putin can be arrested on the territory of the 123 countries that have ratified the Rome Statute.
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