Russia’s last Tsar exhumed, case reopened into murder of Romanov family
The remains of the last Russian emperor and his wife have been exhumed, while the Interior Ministry's Investigative Committee has reopened an investigation into the early 20th century murder of the Romanov family.
Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin announced the renewal of the case due to new evidence in an official statement online.
The investigators will have to study archival materials related to the enquiry conducted between 1918 and 1924 by former Russian Imperial officers. These documents were found sometime after 2011 along with some new material evidence.
Additionally, at request of the Russian Orthodox Church, a special working group on studying and burying the remains of the last Russian emperor’s son Aleksey and daughter Maria was formed in July 2015 with the burial plans announced this month.
The working group has exhumed the remains of Nicolas II and his wife and took DNA samples to verify the identity of remains supposedly belonging to Aleksey and Maria that were unearthed in 2007.
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