Genocide Proceedings Begin in The Hague, Russia Decides to Participate

The hearing in the case against Russia on charges of violation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Genocide begins in the Peace Palace in The Hague on September 18, and Russia has decided to participate. 

As European Pravda correspondent reports from The Hague; this time Russia, which had ignored the process at previous hearings, has decided to send a delegation of lawyers to The Hague to defend itself against the charges. The Russian Federation is being represented by specialists from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lawyers hired from the firm Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners (whose abbreviated name also sounds like "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" in Ukrainian), and some "international lawyers".

Legal scholars from Iran, China and Peru, and French-licensed lawyer Jean-Charles Tchikaya, who is not an academic but is known for representing the most odious African dictators, have agreed to represent the Russian Federation.  

In addition to specialists from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine will be represented by the prestigious international law firm Covington & Burling, as well as a team of international legal experts who have been defending Ukraine’s interests in The Hague for a long time, led by Yale Law School professor Harold Koh and Université de Paris Nanterre professor Jean-Marc Thouvenin.

32 other countries have also joined Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia.