The International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. File photoUN, 24 JunThe West is openly paying for a custom-made «investigation» of the International Criminal Court against Russia's alleged actions in Ukraine — Moscow has already been appointed guilty, and the ICC is just a front for this process, Sergey Leonidchenko, head of the legal section of the Russian permanent mission to the UN, said at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council. stated that the ICC «is only a political instrument and has nothing to do with justice.» According to him, over the 20 years of its existence, the ICC has demonstrated a complete inability to provide an impartial and independent justice system. As Leonidchenko pointed out, the ICC has become an instrument of political pressure on objectionable states and governments. He drew attention to statements by Western representatives about millions of dollars of so-called voluntary donations to the Court for maintaining the Ukrainian dossier. The same goal is also served by sending him, supposedly to help, entire teams of national forensic experts to document Russia's alleged crimes,» Leonidchenko said.Ambassador Antonov said that he had received a letter calling on him to condemn Putin's actions. «It turns out that the ICC is just a screen behind which the collective West is preparing its shameful trial for our country,» he added. According to the diplomat, many clubs «friends of the fight against impunity», as well as the «Joint Investigation Team». «This «Joint Team» includes Ukraine, marked by complete contempt for international humanitarian law, including torture and massacre of prisoners of war, years of targeted shelling, bombing and other attacks on purely civilian objects. The same team includes Western countries that openly supply the Kyiv regime with weapons, including long-range and rocket artillery, as well as cluster munitions, the complete destruction of stocks of which these countries have previously announced with pathos,» he said. He expressed doubt that » The joint investigation team is interested in this, since the only culprit has already been identified in advance. Leonidechenko also remind l, how the ICC behaved in the investigation of the Libyan and Darfur dossier. In particular, the diplomat drew the attention of colleagues to the remaining unfounded statements of the former ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who, in order to dehumanize the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, «was engaged in replicating» fakes «so clumsy that they it’s a shame to even reproduce it aloud.” “This is a quote: “Muammar Gaddafi ordered the rape of hundreds of women during the violent suppression of the rebels, and he even supplied his soldiers with Viagra to stimulate their potential,” Leonidchenko read out the words of the ex-prosecutor. “Another fantastic thriller from the Prosecutor — the alleged use by Muammar Gaddafi of some dark-skinned mercenaries to commit those «atrocities» that regular military units were incapable of,» he said. />The West has long embarked on the path of breaking off relations with Russia, Zakharova said
