Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[KavkazUzel] The investigation into the 2008 events in Georgia has been completed and the court will seek the arrest and prosecution of South Ossetian officials against whom arrest warrants have been issued, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Asad Ahmad Khan said today.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued warrants  for the arrest of Mikhail Mindzaev, Hamlet Guchmazov and David Sanakoev from South Ossetia, who are suspected of war crimes during the 2008 Five-Day War. David Sanakoev, who served as Ombudsman of South Ossetia in 2008, said that he was engaged in rescuing the inhabitants of South Ossetia from captivity.
The inaction of the authorities of South Ossetia on the issue of cooperation with the International Criminal Court led to the issuance of arrest warrants, journalist Ruslan Totrov is sure. South Ossetia is an unrecognized republic, and Russia does not participate in the Rome Statute, therefore, the Georgian police must execute the decision to arrest officials , lawyer Kirill Koroteev pointed out.
The operation to force Georgia to peace after the escalation of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict in August 2008 became the first military operation of modern Russia outside its own territory. After this conflict, Russia and some other countries recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgia considers Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be territories occupied by Russia, the "Caucasian Knot" report on the "Five-Day War" of 2008 says.Â
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Asad Ahmad Khan announced today the completion of the investigation into the Russian-Georgian war in 2008, Echo Kavkaza* reported today.
Khan recalled that the court, as a result of the investigation, had already issued warrants for the arrest of Mikhail Mindzaev, Hamlet Guchmazov and David Sanakoev. "The charges I have filed and for which arrest warrants have been issued specifically relate to unlawful detention, torture and ill-treatment, hostage-taking and the subsequent illegal transfer of ethnic Georgian civilians," the International Criminal Court said in a statement on its website.Â
According to him, the investigation also revealed the alleged role of the late Vyacheslav Borisov, at the time of the events a major general in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and deputy commander of the Airborne Forces, "who is believed to have deliberately facilitated the commission of some of these crimes."
There will no longer be "new investigations into the alleged criminal liability of others or other actions in connection with the situation in Georgia." "In the absence of a significant change in circumstances, the investigation phase of the situation in Georgia has been completed. I have informed the Georgian authorities of this decision," Khan said in a statement. He also noted that efforts will now be directed "to ensure the successful prosecution of persons against whom an arrest warrant has been issued."
The decisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the territory of South Ossetia are illegitimate and will not have any prospects, the self-proclaimed republic's Foreign Ministry said in July, commenting on the issuance of warrants for the arrest of Sanakoev, Mindzaev and Guchmazov.