This is reported by TASS with reference to the statement of Russian representatives in court Gennady Kuzmin, Alexander Shulgin and Maria Zabolotskaya.

They stressed that in its lawsuit, the Ukrainian side is trying to label the DPR and LPR as "terrorist organizations" and declares that "Russia finances these alleged terrorists."

"At the same time, Kiev, of course, is trying to divert attention from its own long-term practice of suppressing the cultural, educational and other rights of millions of Russians and national minorities, the apogee of which was the punitive operation unleashed in 2014 against Donbass, accompanied by barbaric bombing and killing of civilians," the statement said.