The Russian newspaper "Vezglyad" published a report on the European Parliament's efforts to establish a court to look into crimes allegedly committed by Russia in Ukraine.
The newspaper indicated that on January 19 of this year, the European Parliament adopted a resolution supported by 472 deputies, 19 opposed, and 33 abstained from voting on it, through which the European Union institutions sought to mobilize international support for the establishment of a special court to consider alleged Russian crimes in Ukraine. .
The report, prepared by the newspaper's correspondent Vasily Stoyakin, downplayed the importance of the European Parliament's move, pointing out that its decisions are non-binding, and that the establishment of such a court is exclusively within the powers of the UN Security Council, of which Russia is a permanent member with veto power. It also requires the support of the United Nations General Assembly and other international bodies and bodies, including the European Council and the Group of Seven.
The newspaper's correspondent said that the establishment of any body based on the aforementioned decision of the European Parliament, even if it is a court, will not help in practice to take any coercive action against Moscow and the Russian leadership, including the issuance of arrest warrants against those who may be considered by the court to be involved in war crimes. .
Stoyakin believes that the aim of the European Parliament's move is to suggest to the local Russian community and the international community that President Putin and the Russian leadership as a whole can be tried and convicted of war crimes against the Ukrainians.
Oleg Tsarev, a former member of the Ukrainian parliament, was quoted as saying that the aim of the European Parliament's decision is to push Russia to continue the war, adding that "the aim of its establishment (the tribunal) is to motivate Russia to fight more forcefully, because our numerous efforts to reach a (peace) agreement And our demand for negotiations has aroused the fears of the West.
The writer believes that the issue of establishing the tribunal would unify the ranks of the Russian elite, which will seek to achieve victory, thus achieving what was stated by the European Union’s Foreign Policy Commissioner Josep Borrell, who previously said that Russia is a major country whose history testifies to the wars it fought before, referring to It lost some of those wars, but soon it was regaining everything later, just as it did with Napoleon and Hitler, and therefore it is absurd to think that Russia has lost this war.
The newspaper's report indicated that the West does not seek peace, but rather wants to prolong the war because weakening Russia serves its interests, and it fears the serious repercussions of its defeat.
The writer concluded that the West does not seek to inflict a crushing defeat on Russia, given the dire consequences that may result from that, but rather seeks to overcome it by humiliating it without causing an overwhelming nuclear catastrophe.