The corresponding statement was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry noted that "the current situation in Ukraine left Russia no choice but to involve international courts."
As explained in the Foreign Ministry, “we are talking about discrimination against the Russian-speaking population, including the defeat of educational rights;
persecution of journalists and the media, systematic atrocities perpetrated against residents of Donbass during the so-called anti-terrorist operation deployed by Kiev against its own population, as well as the disastrous consequences of the actions of the Kiev authorities on the population of both Russian border territories, including the water blockade of Crimea, and other states - in connection with the non-closure of the airspace of Ukraine, which led to the disaster of flight MH-17 ”.
“All the claims against Ukraine contained in the Russian lawsuit are supported by a serious body of evidence that has been accumulated over the years,” the ministry said.
Earlier it was reported that Russia applied to the European Court of Human Rights with an interstate complaint against Ukraine on the basis of Article 33 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. This is the first inter-state complaint in Russian history filed by the Russian authorities with the European Court of Justice. This is stated in the message of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia.