The decisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on the completion of the investigation of the situation in Georgia and the issuance of arrest warrants for three citizens of South Ossetia indicate that the international institution, which portrays Russia as an aggressor, is used as an instrument of pressure on Russia, Davit Sanakoev, the so-called MP of occupied Tskhinvali region told the Russian agency TASS.

"The fact that the investigation of the International Criminal Court has now ended in this form indicates that this international institution is being used as an instrument of pressure on Russia. During Georgia's attack on South Ossetia, we were the victim, and Georgia was the aggressor. Now the International Criminal Court wants to portray us as criminals, and Russia as an aggressor, which attacked Georgia on August 8, 2008," said Sanakoev.

For information, according to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, the stage of the investigation in the case of the August War has been completed, although the work is still underway to ensure the successful prosecution of those subject to arrest warrants: Mikhail Mindzaev, Hamlet Guchmazov and Davit Sanakoev.