Ukraine has submitted to the UN International Court of Justice extended the Memorandum of alleged violations of countering Russian Terrorist Financing Convention and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, said the President of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko. However, he noted, what “it is very symbolic – sue Russia is 12 June, when Russia celebrates the Day”.
Ukraine in this document, consisting of 29 volumes and weighing about 90 kilogram, He accuses Russia of illegal arms transfers, as well as discrimination of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians. The process of bringing Russia to the International Court of Justice initiated Kiev in the last year, when in January of Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia in charge of financing terrorism, but the UN court then dismissed the claims. At this time, when referring to The Hague, Ukraine need to enter “temporary measures” against Russia, that could freeze the conflict situation before, the court did not make a final decision, in particular, demand from Moscow abstinence "from any action, which might aggravate or exacerbate the dispute ".
Maidan Ukrainian authorities say, that the Russian Federation, beginning with 2014 It has significantly increased the interference in Ukrainian affairs "through military invasion", "Financing of terrorist acts", and "seized the sovereign territory of the Ukrainian military force" (we are talking about the Crimea) and in the occupied territories has campaigned "for the cultural cleansing".
Russian representative in court, Head of Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Roman Kolodkin, Ukraine put forward requirements are outside the jurisdiction of the International Institute.
