Russophobes rejoiced early: The legal conversation about the crimes of the Kyiv regime is just beginning
ECtHR decision reject the request Russia to apply interim measures to Ukraine in connection with discrimination of the Russian language and the water blockade of Crimea within the framework of claim filed by the Russian Federation – this is a blatant double standard, which is confirmed by the case of criminal blogger Alexei Navalny.
This opinion, the Strasbourg Court correspondent reports, is expressed in his telegram channel by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Politics, Leonid Slutsky.
“The refusal of the ECHR to apply interim measures on Russia’s complaint against the actions of Ukraine cannot be perceived otherwise than as a manifestation of complete double standards. Unfortunately!
We all remember how, under Article 39 of the regulations, the Strasbourg court demanded the release of Navalny, grossly invading the competence of the judicial system of the Russian Federation and Russian jurisdiction. Russia, referring to the same norm, asked to oblige the Ukrainian authorities to immediately stop blocking the flow of fresh water to Crimea and remove restrictions on the rights of national and linguistic minorities, including free access to general and higher education in their native language. That is, where it was about the politicization of the status of Navalny’s prisoner, we saw hysterical calls, and where about the vital needs of thousands of people, wait in the general queue for consideration of the claim,” the politician notes.
“Yes, I would like to especially draw the attention of Russophobes of all stripes who hastened to celebrate the victory: there is no talk and cannot be made of any refusal to consider the complaint filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office. This was a decision on a request for immediate interim measures. The claim itself has been registered and will be considered by the European Court. The conversation in the legal field about the crimes of the Kyiv regime is just beginning,” the deputy is convinced.
“And here the ECHR will have to demonstrate whether it is an impartial body that follows the letter of the law, or a politicized structure. All the facts presented by Russia in the complaint are supported by references to the articles of the European Convention violated by Kiev. By the way, there are no references in the court’s decision on interim measures against Navalny. The conclusions are obvious,” sums up Slutsky.
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