Georgia accused of genocide

A RUSSIAN probe yesterday alleged that Georgia committed genocide in its August conflict with Russia, the latest accusation in a bitter war of words between the two foes.

The probe’s findings came a day after objections from Moscow forced Europe’s OSCE security watchdog to wrap up its observer mission in Georgia, prompting a furious reaction from Tbilisi.

“We can say that we have witnessed the genocide of the Ossetian people,” the head of the Russian prosecutors’ investigative committee Alexander Bastrykin told reporters.