Financing of militants in the Donbass: The International Court of the United Nations found the Russian Federation guilty

Ukraine has accused the Russian Federation of supporting terrorist groups in the East, as well as violation of conventions against discrimination in Crimea. The court found Moscow's blame on some points, but did not require compensation. On Wednesday, January 30, the United Nations International Court of Justice found the Russian Federation guilty of violating some of the provisions of the anti -terrorist treaty in Ukraine, since Moscow did not investigate the financial support of L/DNR fighters.

Sky News writes about it. It is reported that the court obliged Russia to investigate the accusations of terrorism, but did not demand payment of compensation, as required by Ukraine. According to journalists, the lawsuit is concentrated around the accusations of Kiev in the fact that Moscow was financed terrorist groups in the east of the country ten years ago. In particular, it is a shot down flight 17 Malaysia Airlines on July 17, 2014, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.

Lawyer David Zionz stated at the hearing last year that militants in eastern Ukraine "attacked civilians within the campaign of intimidation and terror. This campaign was fueled by Russian money and weapons. " The Russian side urges the UN International Court of Justice to reject the case, arguing that the actions of militants in eastern Ukraine do not equate to terrorism.

In addition, Ukraine has accused Russia of violation of conventions against discrimination, pointing to the behavior of Russians with a multinational population of the occupied Crimean peninsula. The Court acknowledged that Russia had violated the UN anti -discrimination treaty without defending its education in Ukrainian in Crimea.

At the same time, the court did not provide Ukraine with the compensation that it demanded from Russia, and rejected other claims for discrimination against ethnic Tatars and Ukrainians after annexation. We will remind, on November 9, the Judge of the European Court of Human Rights Mykola Hnatovsky reported that Russia was not elected members of the United Nations for the first time in history.