Just Russia member and former deputy speaker of the Duma Alexander Babakov (left) with party leader and Federation Council speaker Sergey Mironov
Photo: Grigoriy Sobchenko
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Lawmakers Ask for Saakashvili Tribunal
Members of the Just Russia faction in the State Duma have proposed that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin create a CIS tribunal to judge and punish aggressive acts by leaders of former Soviet republics, and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, in particular. Just Russia member and former deputy speaker of the Duma Alexander Babakov said that events in South Ossetia motivated the legislators’ request.
There has been no reported response by the prime minister to the parliamentarians’ proposal. Many Russian politicians have said that the Georgian leadership is responsible for the deaths of South Ossetian civilians and Georgian leaders should be held criminally responsible for their actions. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev compared Saakashvili to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. “It’s strange when one person who kills thousands of people is called a terrorist, and another a legally elected president,” Medvedev noted.
Russia holds Saakashvili responsible for the war in South Ossetia in August. The Georgians claims that their military activities were a response to continual South Ossetian provocations. According to various estimates, between 100 and 1500 civilians were killed in the war.
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