Moscow finds out how to ruin Kiev's relations with the West
Russia has turned to the European Convention on Human Rights with a complaint against Ukraine for violations of human rights and freedoms. Despite the fact that Moscow does not recognize the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, it hopes that Western justice institutions will force the Ukrainian ruling elite to stop pursuing anti-Russian policies. To this end, the complaint has compiled a wide list of episodes starting with the events of Euromaidan.
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The report on the appeal to the European Court of Human Rights appeared on July 22 on the website of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. The ministry accuses Kiev of killing civilians, illegal imprisonment, and cruel treatment of people, including the Maidan and the Union of Trade Unions in Odessa in 2014.
, Russian companies, shelling of Russian territory, defeat of DPR and LPR residents in the field of political rights.
In addition, the department complained to the ECHR about the blockade of Crimea (including water – we mean the end of fresh water supplies to the peninsula from Ukraine), attacks on Russian diplomatic missions in Ukraine and even the MH-17 crash near Donetsk, blaming Ukraine.
As stated in the press release of the Prosecutor General, the lawsuit describes in detail the process of unconstitutional change of power in Ukraine in 2014. According to the ministry, Kiev then began to violate the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Russian President's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow expected the ECHR to respond to her complaint, although there was a possibility that there would be no response at all. He also stressed that Russia wants to understand what is happening.
“All these allegations against Ukraine have been made by Russia more than once, and they all fit into Russia's official interpretation of events over the past seven years.” This is nothing new. Probably if there is a reaction from the ECHR, these motives will get a second breath, but if it does not react, nothing will change. And Ukraine at the official level is unlikely to respond to this situation, “- said” MK “ Ukrainian political scientist, expert of the International Center for Advanced Research Mykola Kapitonenko .
Meanwhile, the head Leonid Kalashnikov told the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs that after the ECHR, Russia could complain to Ukraine before the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
– Usually one complaint is written, which indicates the rules of the article that violate the Convention. On the other hand, the ECHR may split appeals into episodes, consider everything in bulk, or pack everything together. This complaint has not been heard by the International Court of Justice at the same time, and the ECHR is still the last time people seek justice …
– The ECHR often acts illogically. In my practice, we complained to two different applicants about the same issue of voting rights, with exactly the same justification. But we accepted one complaint, the other was not. In the second case, the letter stated that there were no grounds for assessing the case in the ECHR. In addition, the request does not contain any justification, it simply writes: “The complaint is inadmissible, therefore all documents are destroyed and the assessment of the case is completed.”
– The decision of the ECHR is binding on all countries that have signed the Convention. Ukraine has signed the document, so it will have to comply with the ruling of the European Court of Justice. In particular, it will have to stop persecuting the Russian-speaking population if the ECHR decides that such persecution is taking place. Otherwise, he will face a diplomatic scandal.