Russia will firmly pursue an open and independent investigation into the killings of people found in mass graves in the East of Ukraine, said at a press conference the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov..

" Final report of OSCE personnel in Ukraine), which was shown in Vienna, the first signs confirmed, because they were civilians, and they were shot at point blank range, before it could be subjected to violence. All this is very worrying. We are unable to blame anyone, as long as no results of the investigation, but will firmly to ensure that this trial was held that it was open, independent, " said Lavrov.

The Minister noticed that the proceedings may not be in line with those tragedies, where perpetrators are trying to protect, " referring to the so-called " case of snipers on the Maidan and tragedy in Odessa, Mariupol and Malaysian Boeing ".

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