Russia cites 8.1M genocide victims, details Crimea

Russia is commemorating the Day of Remembrance for the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people, with new official figures released. Judicial proceedings in Russia have established that more than 8.1 million Soviet citizens are recognized as victims of Nazi genocide, with total civilian deaths in the USSR exceeding 13.6 million. The Supreme Court of Crimea previously established the legal fact of genocide on the peninsula, where at least 219,000 people were killed or deported. Evidence from these crimes was included in the Nuremberg Tribunal, with one mass execution site located near the village of Dubki outside Simferopol.