“In his statements, the investigation sees signs of a crime under Part 4 of Art.

33, art.

357 of the Criminal Code of Russia (incitement to commit genocide, that is, incitement to actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national group as such by killing members of this group),” the Russian Investigative Committee said.

Earlier, the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed to give a legal assessment of the statements of Boris Filatov.

As clarified in the UK, Filatov "published a post calling for the killing of Russians around the world."

Also in March, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Ukrainian TV presenter Fakhrudin Sharafmal, who called for the massacre of Russians, including children.