Dmitry Polyansky. File photoMOSCOW, July 2Statements by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba about filing a complaint with the International Court of Justice against Moscow that it allegedly violated the Genocide Convention do not deserve much attention, said Dmitry Polyansky, Russian Deputy Representative to the international organization. Kuleba said on Friday that Ukraine had applied to The International Court of Justice, this time accusing Russia of violating the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide against the backdrop of a special operation in Ukraine. The Ukrainian minister did not specify what kind of violation is in question. At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry has previously noted that the special military operation in Ukraine is being carried out on the basis of the right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter, and not under the Genocide Convention.
"Everything is very complicated there, there are many lawsuits there is very little output from this. Lawyers work on both sides, but as practice shows, usually things get more and more complicated, so the attempts of the Ukrainian side to present everything as a resolved issue is to wishful thinking" ;.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by a resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1948 and entered into force in 1951. The document contains 19 articles, which, in particular, define the concept of genocide and describe the punishment for it. added Polyansky.
The Pentagon estimated the amount of assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation The International Court of Justice in The Hague on March 7 began hearings on the lawsuit of Ukraine, which demanded the adoption of «interim measures» to stop the Russian military operation, and on March 16 ruled that Moscow should stop the military operation in Ukraine. As stated in response to this in the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow believes that Ukraine has abused the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. The diplomatic department noted that “with the support of its Western patrons, the Kyiv regime organized unprecedented pressure on the Court, which is absolutely unacceptable and unlawful interference in its work with the aim of politicizing it.” Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN in Geneva, stated that the structures This organization bases its assessments of the situation in the Donbass and Ukraine solely on information provided by the Western media and Kyiv, ignoring the requests of Russian representatives. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. .jpg» />Zelensky urged politicians to stir up interest in the conflict in Ukraine