https://freerepublic.com/tag/kontraktniki/ en-us Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:47:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958701/posts While most war crimes committed by Serb forces during the Balkan wars are being investigated and made public knowledge, the role played by Russian mercenaries kontraktniki [contract soldiers] deserves more attention. Many Russian citizens voluntarily fought in the Balkans for the government of Serbian President Slobodan Miloševiæ, committing a range of crimes along the way including mass murder, assault and battery, rape, robbery, and theft. Most, if not all, of these Russian kontraktniki war criminals have gone unidentified by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague – hence, so far, unpunished. As the Miloševiæ trial... Bosnian Institute https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958701/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:47:50 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1021659/posts <p>ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia - An explosion apparently caused by a remote-controlled bomb ripped through a house in southern Russia on Friday, killing four Interior Ministry soldiers and wounding at least eight, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.</p> <p>The blast occurred after the troops had entered the house for a security check, said Lt. Sergei Kozhemyaka, a ministry officer.</p> AZ Central https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1021659/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:03:15 GMT