MOSCOW, Jan 20 create an anti-Russian «tribunal» on the situation in Ukraine, and wants to play a leading role there, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on the government's website.
«The UK will play a leading role in a leading group of like-minded partners … together with other international partners invited by Ukraine, the UK will form ideas on how to ensure Russia's criminal accountability for aggression against Ukraine. This includes assessing the possibility of creating a new «hybrid» tribunal «, the agency said in a statement.
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution calling for the creation of a «tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine» and to discuss the use of Russian state assets «for reparations to Kyiv.»
Earlier, the European Commission came up with an initiative to create a special international court for Ukraine under the auspices of the UN.
Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Geneva Headquarters Gennady Gatilov noted that the creation of a mechanism under the auspices of the UN requires the approval of the UN Security Council, without which the proposed EU «tribunal on Ukraine» is impossible.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that the European Union is trying to cover up its involvement in war crimes in Ukraine by initiating the creation of a special tribunal. Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva Headquarters Gennady Gatilov said that the creation of a mechanism under the auspices of the UN requires the sanction of the UN Security Council, without which the proposed EU «tribunal on Ukraine» is impossible. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov pointed out that Russia categorically rejects Kyiv's accusations of war crimes on the territory of Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the idea of creating an international court for Ukraine a «cabal» and stated that it would not have jurisdiction over Russia.