Ashton Telephone Leak: Russian Parliament to Investigate Kiev Sniper Shootings
State Duma intends to investigate the case of snipers in Kiev
Russian MPs plan to verify the facts of the telephone conversation between the supreme presidency of the EU for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton and Foreign Minister Urmas Paet , the recording of which appeared on the Internet . MPs preparing an appeal to the EU to establish a commission to investigate the killings on Independence and involvement in the Ukrainian opposition.
According to the Russian parliament , is essential in the near future with the EU to investigate the history of snipers with Kiev , reports the newspaper “Izvestia” .First deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Kalashnikov (CPRF) considers that the execution of citizens and police in Kiev could well be a provocation by the insurgency .”
I believe that Russia may soon offer in conjunction with the EU to conduct an objective investigation into the shootings of Kiev , – says Leonid Kalashnikov . – Time is running out , and the more we lose , the more likely that criminals and murderers go from liability. We see that the illegitimate power in Kiev does not express the desire to investigate the case of snipers . They , on the contrary , deliberately stalling that leads to some thoughts . “Member of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs , Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots Ilya Drozdov also drew an analogy between the events in Ukraine and Fire in Vilnius in 1991.
“We can , of course, to establish an international commission of inquiry , that she confirmed what already know everything . The European side had prepared these people for an armed rebellion against the legitimate authority , and they all know perfectly well who kept these rifles where these people were prepared. Ukrainian society is also beginning to understand who actually shot their countrymen , “- said the deputy.Recall that before the Internet there was a record breaker , EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton and Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Estonia , which, as follows from the description, was at the disposal of the Ukrainian Security Service employees .
Both European policy during the conversation to discuss their impressions of the situation in Ukraine . During the conversation, Urmas Paet also mentions that the snipers to shoot people in Kiev , have been associated with the leaders of the Maidan .Speaking Paet said that all the evidence that he had been shown , indicate that the protesters and law enforcement officers were killed the same snipers. Estonian Foreign Ministry later confirmed the authenticity of the record . The European side has refused to comment .