According to the Foreign Ministry, the court allowed Ukraine to transfer the dispute on the ICFTU (International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. - RT ) imposed on the Russian side to the merits.

“This position of the Court is difficult to explain, because at the stage of temporary measures in 2017, the Court supported the argument of Russia, concluding that Ukraine’s allegations of allegedly violated rights under the ICFTU are not justified,” the Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry emphasized that the court did not accept jurisdictional objections from Russia on the ICERD.

“In particular, I did not agree that before seeking protection in the International Court of Justice, the plaintiff state must first contact the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, specially created under the auspices of the ICERD, to oversee compliance with this convention and respond to its violations . Ukraine has not done this, ”noted there.

The agency added that Russia’s objections to Ukraine’s non-compliance with the requirement “of the need to exhaust domestic remedies as a prerequisite for going to court” were not taken into account.

“The Russian Federation expects that at the stage of the consideration of the dispute on the merits, the UN International Court will fully take into account the position of Russia and ultimately leave all Ukrainian claims unsatisfied,” the Foreign Ministry summed up.

Earlier, the UN International Court of Justice dismissed Russia's objections to the lawsuit of Ukraine.

The Hague hearings are part of a process initiated by Kiev in January 2017.

In June 2018, the Ukrainian side submitted an expanded memorandum to the UN court. A document of 17.5 thousand pages claims that Russia violated two international conventions.