Alexander Kornienko: To win in international courts, it is necessary that the facts of russia's crimes be recognised by the world not just as crimes, but as elements of genocide

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Published on 22 April 2022, at 16:40

Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Chairman of The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, emphasised this during the live broadcast of Ukraine 24 Freedom TV channel.

He noted that historically, the process of recognising genocides has been difficult and slow, as was the case, for example, with the recognition of the Holodomor as genocide in Ukraine in the 1930s.

"This story is open and is grinding on till now. That is, these are decisions and processes that take a long time. In some countries, they take years, decades. And the more we work together as a team with our partners, the sooner these processes will take place," Mr Kornienko said, emphasising the important role of the Baltic states in this cooperation, who were the first to make historic decisions on recognising russia's war crimes as genocide of the Ukrainian people.

Speaking about the prospects for russia in international courts to find them guilty of war crimes in Ukraine, Mr Kornienko highlighted the need to develop a strong evidence base.

"It depends on the extent to which we have the necessary package of evidence of atrocities that took place near Kyiv. On the other hand, we need to have a strong position in Europe and in the rest of the world, in terms of recognising these facts not just as a crime, but as elements of genocide," the First Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada stressed.

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