Alexey Bogdanovsky. Russian employees of the foreign Ministry are sorry that Nazi collaborator Vladimir Katryuk died in Canada, and not answering before the court for their transgressions, said on Thursday the press-Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Ottawa Kirill Kalinin.

"The demise of Vladimir Katrika, which was stated before, unfortunately, makes it impossible to attract to his court for a personal answer to the charges made by the investigators in the Russian Federation in respect of its participation in the eradication of civilians, including residents of the village of Khatyn in Belarus, during the Second world war," the Russian diplomat said. He said that other Nazi sympathizers, who served together with Chatroom in collaborationist 118th battalion of security police, confirmed the direct involvement of Matruka in the genocide of Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Jews.

"Unfortunately, the government of Canada has ignored numerous calls from Jewish organizations of Canada and the efforts of the Russian authorities that justice was done and allowed Vladimir Karuku to retain canadian citizenship and to live peacefully in this country," - said the Russian diplomat. apply legal or politically motivated ploy to prevent the court or to extradite Nazi war criminals, is totally unacceptable, " Kalinin.

first lawyer Catraca Orest Rudzik said 93-year-old Katryuk died last week. Katryuk lived South of Montreal and has been keeping bees.

The investigative Committee of Russia opened against Catraca case according to section of the criminal code (genocide), but the canadian authorities refused to extradite.

in the Belarusian village of Khatyn in March 1943 were killed 149 civilians, and among them 75 minors and minors and destroyed all the houses.

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