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Russian soldier goes to The Hague to testify about crimes of the Russian army

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Ihor Salikov, a former Russian military serviceman and founder of the Redoubt PMC, has applied to the International Criminal Court to testify about Russia's war crimes against Ukraine. This was found out by journalists of the Radio Liberty projects "System" and "Schemes", UNN reports.

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Radio Liberty journalists confirmed information from the Russian media that an officer of the enemy military intelligence and former head of the special operations department of the so-called "DPR Prosecutor General's Office, who participated in hostilities with the FSB and GRU" wrote a "confession" to the ICC.

It aims to report on the crimes of the Russian army and the activities of private military companies.

In addition, investigators found out that the defendant was one of the co-founders of the Russian organization that launched the so-called Redoubt PMC.

The Prosecutor General's Office also confirmed that it had been in contact with Salikov.

"The Office of the Prosecutor General has been working on this person for more than six months, who has been providing us with evidence of Russia's actions since 2013 to prepare for an open invasion, especially the open invasion. In addition, he gave important testimony, some of which has already been confirmed, related to the open invasion of February 24, 2022. He reported certain war crimes, some of which we are investigating, and some of which have already been confirmed," said Yuriy Belousov, Head of the Department for Combating Crimes in the Context of Armed Conflict, in a commentary to Radio Liberty.

READ ALSO: Tortured Ukrainians in Balakliya: law enforcement identifies mercenary of Redoubt PMC .

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