The United States and its Western allies do not support Kiev’s idea of establishing a UN-mediated international tribunal against Russia and President Vladimir Putin, for fear of setting a precedent that would jeopardize the immunity of state leaders. It has been reported news week With reference to Andriy Smirnov, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine responsible for international negotiations on the Court.
According to him, the Ukrainian model of the court has not yet been supported in Washington, as well as in Paris and Berlin.
Smirnov noted that the logic of the debates is clear to him: the United States and Washington’s allies fear it sets a precedent for them.
He stressed that instead of a process with the participation of the UN, the West is proposing a variant of the so-called tribunal to be held in Ukrainian jurisdiction, in which case it would not threaten legal immunity, as the newspaper stated. from foreign leaders
The International Court of Justice at The Hague handle Hearings from June 6-14 on Ukraine’s 2017 lawsuit against Russia, in which Kiev accuses Moscow of financing terrorism in Donbass and discrimination in Crimea.