MOSCOW, January 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

The Investigation Committee said the human remains discovered near Yekaterinburg, where Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, their five children and several servants were shot by Bolsheviks, were found to belong to the Romanovs.

"A series of anthropological, forensic, genetic and historical studies and tests have been conducted, which provided conclusive proof that the remains belong to Emperor Nicholas II, his family members and servants," the committee said on its website.

The committee said it was also closing the investigation into the murder of the Romanovs due to the expiry of the period of limitations and the death of those believed responsible for the shooting of the family.

The investigation was opened in 1993 after the bodies of the Romanov family members, except for those of Nicholas's heir, Grand Duke Alexei, and Grand Duchess Maria, were found in 1991.

It was closed after the remains were authenticated and buried in the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral

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