MOSCOW, October 18 (RIA Novosti) - The case of a man who purportedly started a brawl in the northern Russian city of Kondopoga, leading to mass riots, has been turned over to a court of law, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Wednesday.
A confrontation between locals in Kondopoga, in the Republic of Karelia, and Caucasus natives left at least two city residents dead, and culminated in riots that shook the town, as residents demanded Chechens be deported.
"The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Karelia has approved an indictment in the case of Sergei Mozgalev, who provoked a fight in Kondopoga's Chaika cafe the night of August 30, 2006.
"Mozgalev has been charged with hooliganism, assault and battery under the provisions of Articles 213/2 and 116/2 of the Criminal Law Code of the Russian Federation," the PGO said in a statement posted on its official Web site.
