Joseph Stalin"s grandson has called on Ukraine...

A court in Kiev last week found Stalin and other Bolshevik leaders guilty of genocide against Ukrainians during the 1932-1933 famine, which Ukraine has sought to be recognized internationally.

Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, known for a series of court battles in Russia to protect his honor over accusations against his grandfather, has sent a letter to Ukraine"s prosecutor general saying such "false charges" could only have come from Stalin"s "main foe" Hitler rather than a democratic state, Sehodnya newspaper reported.

He said genocide was only introduced in Ukraine"s criminal code in the 1990s so could only be applied in trying cases of modern leaders like former President Leonid Kuchma and current President Viktor Yushchenko.

"Security Council officials [who investigated the case] and court judges cynically violated the European Convention of Human Rights, which says no one can be convicted for deeds that were not legally a crime when they were committed," Dzhugashvili

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