Ukrainian servicemen and militants of the Azov nationalist battalion who surrendered. Archival photoDONETSK, June 1 Representatives of European countries can become judges at the international tribunal over Ukrainian militants, invitations have been sent, Elena Shishkina, chairman of the committee on criminal and administrative legislation of the People's Council of the DPR, told RIA Novosti.
"Who will respond and will not be afraid to openly oppose Nazism, which flourishes on the territory of the state of Ukraine, we will see and, perhaps, their representatives will join the international tribunal", she said in an interview with the agency.
According to her, now the DPR Prosecutor General's Office and relevant Russian ministries and departments are developing the charter of the tribunal. She added that the process will not be linked to national legislation. In addition, Shishkina believes that the range of crimes committed by Ukrainian nationalists is wider than at the Nuremberg Trials. jpg» />The first stage of the tribunal is just around the corner, Pushilin said. She also admitted that the first meeting of the interim «Mariupol tribunal» could take place before the end of summer. Earlier, DPR Ombudsman Daria Morozova told RIA Novosti that the office of the commissioner for human rights in the republic was collecting evidence of the crimes of the armed formations of Ukraine , which will be used in a military tribunal over Ukrainian militants. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the terms for preparing the charter of the tribunal against the Nazis would be announced in the near future. Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the main tasks of the first stage have already been completed — Ukraine's combat potential has been significantly reduced. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.