MOSCOW. June 27 (Interfax-AVN)- The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has protested a verdict handed down on defendants in the case opened on the murder of journalist Dmitri Kholodov of Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
The information and public relations department of the Prosecutor General's Office told Interfax on Thursday that prosecutor Irina Alyoshina is demanding that the acquittal be overturned and another trial be held on the case.
The Prosecutor General's Office says in its protest that the acquittal should be overturned as "the court's ruling is absolutely inadequate for the objective circumstances of the case."
On Wednesday, the Moscow Military District Court fully acquitted six former paratroopers who were charged by the Prosecutor General's Office with murdering Kholodov.
All the defendants, including Colonel Pavel Popovskikh, the former head of the paratroopers' intelligence unit, were released in the courtroom.
Journalist Dmitri Kholodov of Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper died on September 17, 1994, from an explosion that occurred in the newspaper's editorial office. In February 1998, Popovskikh was arrested for his alleged role in the crime. Five other officers were later arrested, as well.
Kholodov was famous for his critical articles targeting the command of the country's armed forces.