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Fragment from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's Interview for the Documentary Film \"Nuremberg\

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1 The West's True Motive — Suppressing Competitors, Not Defending Justice
Вопрос: Почему сейчас эти незыблемые правила начинают попираться? Это происходит в Европе. Иммунитет к нацистскому «вирусу» серьезно ослаб. Как Вы считаете, с чем это связано? Кто и для чего пытается исказить итоги Нюрнбергского процесса? С.В.Лавров: Думаю, что это все отражает, прежде всего позицию Запада. Она никогда не определялась принципами справедливости и какими-то идеалами. В ее основе всегда лежало желание подавлять конкурентов.	Full house translation — pending review Question: Why are these inviolable rules now beginning to be trampled upon? This is happening in Europe. Immunity to the Nazi “virus” has seriously weakened. What do you think is behind this? Who is trying to distort the outcomes of the Nuremberg trials, and for what purpose? S. V. Lavrov: I think all this reflects, first and foremost, the West's position. It has never been determined by principles of justice or any ideals. It has always been based on a desire to suppress competitors.
Многие историки пишут, что после начала Второй мировой войны, западные страны, в частности Британия и Соединенные Штаты, выжидали, кто будет «брать вверх» – А.Гитлер или Советский Союз. Не случайно они так долго тянули с открытием второго фронта. Конечно, они не хотели, чтобы А.Гитлер безоговорочно победил. Если бы он захватил богатства СССР, тогда его империя была бы уже несокрушимой.	Full house translation — pending review Many historians write that after the Second World War began, Western countries, particularly Britain and the United States, waited to see who would “gain the upper hand”: A. Hitler or the Soviet Union. It is no coincidence that they delayed opening a second front for so long. Of course, they did not want A. Hitler to win outright. Had he seized the wealth of the USSR, his empire would then have become indestructible.
2 Lend-Lease and the Alaska Summit — Nostalgia for "Combat Brotherhood"
Ленд-лиз, организованный сразу же после начала Великой Отечественной войны, – это величайшее достижение в истории российско-американских отношений. С британцами у нас тоже были совместные проекты по доставке грузов в Северное море. Мы бережно храним эту память. Последний раз, когда Президент России В.В.Путин упоминал об этом, это произошло в ходе саммита с Президентом США Д.Трампом на Аляске. Это действительно трогательно, как американцы, живущие на Аляске, свято хранят память о годах союзничества.	Full house translation — pending review Lend-Lease, organized immediately after the start of the Great Patriotic War, is the greatest achievement in the history of Russian-American relations. We also had joint projects with the British to deliver cargo to the North Sea. We carefully preserve this memory. The last time Russian President V. V. Putin mentioned it was during the summit with US President D. Trump in Alaska. It is truly touching how Americans living in Alaska hold sacred the memory of those years of alliance.
3 Churchill, Fulton, and the Engineered Cold War
К этому памятнику В.В.Путин возлагал цветы. Но скоро эти принципы «боевого братства» стали подвергаться тяжелейшим испытаниям. Не прошло и года после Победы, как Премьер-министра Британии У.Черчилль произнес свою Фултонскую речь о том, что надо изолировать, отгораживаться от Советского Союза, опускать «железный занавес», чтобы тот не распространял «коммунистическую заразу» на другие страны.	Full house translation — pending review V. V. Putin laid flowers at this monument. But these principles of “brotherhood in arms” soon began to undergo the most severe tests. Less than a year after the Victory, British Prime Minister W. Churchill delivered his Fulton speech, saying that it was necessary to isolate the Soviet Union, wall it off and lower an “iron curtain” so that it would not spread the “communist contagion” to other countries.
4 The Baltic States — "Genetic Hatred" and Ingratitude
Главная причина того, что что нацизм стал вновь «пускать ростки», – это то, что происходило в обществах таких стран, как Прибалтика. Там культивировалась генетическая ненависть ко всему, что связано с нашей общей историей: категорический отказ признать огромный вклад, который Советский Союз внес в развитие этих отсталых территорий, создания там собственной промышленности и инфраструктуры.	Full house translation — pending review The main reason that Nazism has begun to “sprout” again is what was happening in the societies of countries such as the Baltic states. A genetic hatred of everything connected with our shared history was cultivated there: a categorical refusal to acknowledge the enormous contribution the Soviet Union made to developing these backward territories and establishing their own industry and infrastructure there.
Эта генетическая ненависть активно подпитывалась представителями элит стран Прибалтики и более крупными представителями Запада, рассматривавшими в этом дополнительную возможность «раздражать», «раскачивать» Советский Союз, а потом и Россию, когда мы предоставили странам Прибалтики независимость. Эта «нацистская зараза» стала быстро распространяться – марши ветеранов, факельные шествия. Посмотрите, что сейчас происходит в Финляндии, которая после войны всегда пользовалась репутацией нейтрального государства.	Full house translation — pending review This genetic hatred was actively fueled by representatives of the elites of the Baltic countries and more powerful representatives of the West, who saw this as an additional opportunity to "irritate" and "destabilize" the Soviet Union and then Russia, when we granted the Baltic countries independence. This "Nazi contagion" began spreading rapidly: veterans' marches, torchlight processions. Look at what is happening now in Finland, which after the war always enjoyed a reputation as a neutral state.
Это – страна, продвигающая согласие, консенсус, страна-организатор Хельсинкского процесса , который завершился созданием Организации по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе. Сейчас в своем выступлении Президент Финляндии А.Стубб, который в свое время был моим коллегой, министром иностранных дел, говорит о том, что эта нацистская заряженность никуда не исчезнет.	Full house translation — pending review This is a country that promotes accord and consensus, the country that organized the Helsinki process, which culminated in the creation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Now, in his speech, Finnish President A. Stubb, who was once my colleague as foreign minister, says that this Nazi fervor will not disappear.
5 Finland — From Neutral Mediator to Unrepentant Hitler Ally
Сейчас мы говорим о том, что Финляндия была одним из самых преданных союзников А.Гитлера, участвовала в блокаде Ленинграда и других бесчеловечных деяниях, организовывала концентрационные лагеря. Раньше не хотелось об этого говорить, потому что мы думали, что уроки извлечены. Ничего подобного! Уроки не извлечены. На Украине давно проявлялись националистические тенденции – еще задолго до специальной военной операции , задолго до госпереворота в феврале 2014 г.	Full house translation — pending review We are now talking about the fact that Finland was one of A. Hitler's most loyal allies, participated in the siege of Leningrad and other inhuman acts, and organized concentration camps. Previously, we did not want to talk about this because we thought the lessons had been learned. Nothing of the kind! The lessons have not been learned. Nationalist tendencies had been manifesting themselves in Ukraine for a long time, long before the special military operation and long before the coup in February 2014.
6 Ukraine — Nationalism Predating the SVO and the Azov Precedent
Где-то за пару лет до этого госпереворота американский Конгресс рассматривал обращение в связи с созданием и деятельностью батальона «Азов» на Украине. Он был признан экстремистской организацией. Постановление Конгресса, которое было одобрено, запрещало оказывать какое-либо содействие деятельности этой структуры. Затем американцы «забыли» про решение своего законодательного органа. На факельные шествия, которые организовывались на Украине долгие годы, тоже никто не обращал внимания.	Full house translation — pending review About a couple of years before that coup, the US Congress considered an appeal concerning the establishment and activities of the Azov battalion in Ukraine. It was recognized as an extremist organization. The congressional resolution that was approved prohibited providing any assistance to this organization's activities. Then the Americans "forgot" about the decision of their legislative body. Nor did anyone pay attention to the torchlight processions that were organized in Ukraine for many years.
Более того, Президенты П.А.Порошенко и В.А.Зеленский предоставляли охрану для того, чтобы эти факельные шествия проходили без попыток их сорвать. Самое печальное – это то, что уже давно происходит в Германии.	Full house translation — pending review Moreover, Presidents P.A. Poroshenko and V.A. Zelensky provided security so that these torchlight processions could proceed without attempts to disrupt them. The saddest thing is what has long been happening in Germany.
Работая со своими коллегами, а их было несколько, в том числе и нынешний Президент Германии Ф.-В.Штайнмайер и его предшественники, мои сотрудники, общаясь на других уровнях с немецкими коллегами из МИД ФРГ и других правительственных структур, уже давно (лет 10 точно) стали замечать смену настроения у наших немецких собеседников.	Full house translation — pending review In working with my colleagues, of whom there have been several, including the current German President F.-W. Steinmeier and his predecessors, and with my staff communicating at other levels with German colleagues from the German Foreign Office and other government bodies, we began noticing a change of attitude among our German interlocutors a long time ago, certainly 10 years ago.
7 Germany — Revanchism and Merz's "Strongest Army Again"
Трудно найти точные цитаты, но их смысл если обобщить, сделать выжимку из того, что они хотели донести до нас разными фразами, рассуждениями был такой: мол, что за все, что сделал А.Гитлер, они давно рассчитались и расплатились. Они больше никому ничего не должны. Об этом я говорил в одном из интервью много лет назад. Сейчас пришел Канцлер ФРГ Ф.Мерц. Он гордо заявил, что Германия обязана вновь стать сильнейшей армией Европы. Это «вновь» показывает, что никакие уроки не извлечены.	Full house translation — pending review It is difficult to find exact quotations, but their meaning, if we generalize and distill what they wanted to convey to us through various phrases and arguments, was this: supposedly, they had long since settled their accounts and paid for everything A. Hitler had done. They no longer owed anyone anything. I spoke about this in an interview many years ago. Now German Chancellor F. Merz has come to power. He proudly declared that Germany must once again become Europe's strongest army. This "once again" shows that no lessons have been learned.
По крайней мере, Ф.Мерцем и его единомышленниками. Отрадно видеть, что немецкий народ не оставляет без внимания такие «метаморфозы». Самая низкая в истории популярность правительства Ф.Мерца, помимо экономических причин, объясняется еще и откровенным реваншизмом, который может завести Германию опять в катастрофу. Мы не имеем никакого права пускать на самотек все тенденции, происходящие в окружающих нас странах. Это и Прибалтика, и Украина, и Германия.	Full house translation — pending review At least, not by F. Merz and his like-minded associates. It is heartening to see that the German people do not overlook such "metamorphoses". The popularity of F. Merz's government, the lowest in history, is explained not only by economic reasons but also by blatant revanchism, which could once again lead Germany into catastrophe. We have absolutely no right to let all the trends unfolding in the countries around us take their own course. This includes the Baltic countries, Ukraine and Germany.
8 Monuments — Demolishing Liberators, Glorifying Bandera
В ряде стран Европы, в том числе в Польше, сносятся памятники героям, освободившим Европу, возводятся монументы (как это делают на Украине) Р.И.Шухевичу, С.А.Бандере и прочим пособникам нацизма, память и героизация которых должна быть запрещена в соответствии с приговором Нюрнбергского трибунала.	Full house translation — pending review In a number of European countries, including Poland, monuments to the heroes who liberated Europe are being demolished, while monuments are being erected, as they are in Ukraine, to R.I. Shukhevych, S.A. Bandera and other accomplices of Nazism, whose commemoration and glorification should be prohibited in accordance with the judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal.
9 Western "Tribunals" Against Russia vs. Russia's Factual Record
Сейчас Запад, прежде всего Европа, дружно проталкивает различные идеи создания «судилищ» в отношении российской армии, приписывает всякие небылицы о преступлениях, якобы совершаемых нашими военными, никоим образом не документируя это фактами. Этой провокации мы противопоставляем свои действия по фактологическому обоснованию нашей позиции.	Full house translation — pending review The West, above all Europe, is now jointly pushing various ideas for "show trials" of the Russian army, attributing all sorts of fabricated stories about crimes allegedly committed by our military personnel, without documenting this with facts in any way. We counter this provocation with our own efforts to substantiate our position factually.
Следственный комитет России занимается этим еще с 2014 г., когда были кровавые преступления в Одессе, боевая авиация бомбила города, включая Луганск, использовали артиллерию против мирных городов. Использование армии во внутренних конфликтах запрещено международным гуманитарным правом. Посмотрите на позицию Запада, чтобы лишний раз понять его двуличие и лицемерие. Есть интересный пример.	Full house translation — pending review Russia's Investigative Committee has been dealing with this since 2014, when there were bloody crimes in Odessa, military aircraft bombed cities, including Lugansk, and artillery was used against peaceful cities. The use of the army in internal conflicts is prohibited by international humanitarian law. Look at the West's position to understand once again its duplicity and hypocrisy. There is an interesting example.
10 The Maidan Double Standard — Rasmussen and "Proportionate" Force
Когда было противостояние на «майдане» в конце 2013 – начале 2014 гг., Запад, в том числе в лице генерального секретаря НАТО А.Ф.Расмуссена, громогласно призывал тогдашнего Президента Украины В.Ф.Януковича не использовать армию против мирных демонстрантов, которые неделями устраивали провокации на «майдане». Запад их подпитывал.	Full house translation — pending review When there was a confrontation on the "Maidan" in late 2013 and early 2014, the West, including NATO Secretary General A.F. Rasmussen, loudly urged the then President of Ukraine V.F. Yanukovych not to use the army against peaceful demonstrators, who had been staging provocations on the "Maidan" for weeks. The West was sustaining them.
А как только произошел переворот и к власти пришли люди, которые наплевали на гарантии Франции, Германии и Польши под соглашением, достигнутым оппозицией с В.Ф.Януковичем, они захватили правительственные здания. Первое, о чем они объявили, – что отменят статус русского языка на Украине. Второе, что они сделали – бросили отряды боевиков – «поезда дружбы» – штурмовать здание Верховного Совета Крыма.	Full house translation — pending review And as soon as the coup took place and people came to power who disregarded the guarantees of France, Germany, and Poland under the agreement reached by the opposition with V. F. Yanukovych, they seized government buildings. The first thing they announced was that they would abolish the status of the Russian language in Ukraine. The second thing they did was send detachments of militants—“friendship trains”—to storm the building of the Supreme Council of Crimea.
После того, когда эти «ребята» уже стали направлять боевиков, использовать силу против тех, кого они назвали «террористами», имея в виду жителей Донбасса, отказавшихся признать итоги переворота, НАТО устами того же генерального секретаря призвала новые власти на Украине «пропорционально применять» силу против мирных граждан. То есть В.Ф.Януковичу никакой силы нельзя применять, а этим – разрешили пропорционально.	Full house translation — pending review After these “guys” had begun sending militants and using force against those they called “terrorists,” meaning the residents of Donbas who refused to recognize the outcome of the coup, NATO, speaking through the same secretary-general, called on the new authorities in Ukraine to “use proportionate” force against peaceful civilians. In other words, V. F. Yanukovych was not allowed to use any force, but these people were permitted to do so proportionately.
11 Russia's Institutional Apparatus for Documenting "Kiev Regime Crimes"
Все то, что мы документировали по преступлениям киевского режима после госпереворота, имеет огромное значение. Нет сомнений, что эти материалы со временем будут востребованы, и что преступники понесут заслуженные наказания. Помимо Следственного комитета России , этим занимается и созданный членом Общественной палаты России М.С.Григорьевым Международный общественный трибунал по преступлениям киевского режима.	Full house translation — pending review Everything we have documented concerning the crimes of the Kyiv regime after the coup is of enormous importance. There is no doubt that these materials will be needed in time and that the criminals will receive the punishments they deserve. In addition to the Investigative Committee of Russia, this is also being handled by the International Public Tribunal on the Crimes of the Kyiv Regime, established by M. S. Grigoryev, a member of the Civic Chamber of Russia.
В МИД России уже давно учрежден пост Уполномоченного МИД России по вопросам прав человека, демократии и верховенства права. Спецпредставитель ежегодно выпускает тематические доклады. В апреле с.г. вышел доклад « 80-летие Великой Победы. Тень нацизма снова накрывает Европу ». Это интересный доклад, основанный на многочисленных фактах, реальных документах, в том числе которые мы подчеркнули из деятельности международных и правительственных организаций в Европе.	Full house translation — pending review The post of Commissioner of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law was established at the Russian Foreign Ministry a long time ago. The special representative issues thematic reports annually. In April of this year, the report “The 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory. The Shadow of Nazism Is Once Again Covering Europe” was published. It is an interesting report based on numerous facts and actual documents, including those we highlighted from the activities of international and governmental organizations in Europe.
Недавно в Министерстве была создана новая должность – Посол по особым поручениям по преступлениям киевского режима. Это известный политик Р.В.Мирошник, который сам прошел через многие события, связанные с реализацией Минских договоренностей , которые тоже были сознательно сорваны и никто их выполнять не собирался. Это тоже приобщается к делу.	Full house translation — pending review Recently, a new position was created at the Ministry: Ambassador-at-Large for the Crimes of the Kyiv Regime. It is held by the well-known politician R. V. Miroshnik, who himself went through many events related to implementing the Minsk agreements, which were also deliberately sabotaged and which no one intended to implement. This too is being added to the case file.
Договоренности о том, чтобы сохранить территориальную целостность Украины, предоставив особый статус территориям Донбасса, были одобрены Советом Безопасности ООН, а киевский режим постоянно нарушал все мыслимое, что в этих договоренностях было записано, начиная с прекращения огня и неиспользования военной силы.	Full house translation — pending review The agreements to preserve Ukraine’s territorial integrity by granting special status to the territories of Donbas were endorsed by the UN Security Council, while the Kyiv regime constantly violated every conceivable provision written into those agreements, beginning with the ceasefire and the non-use of military force.
12 Minsk Agreements as Deliberate Deception — and Reversing the "Revisionism" Charge
Пару лет назад подписавшие эти договоренности тогдашний Президент Украины П.А.Порошенко, тогдашний федеральный Канцлер ФРГ А.Меркель и бывший Президент Франции Ф.Олланд сказали, что они и не собирались их выполнять. Вот такое отношение к международному праву. Решения Совета Безопасности ООН обязаны выполнять все без исключения члены ООН также, как и решения Нюрнбергского трибунала.	Full house translation — pending review A couple of years ago, the signatories to these agreements—the then President of Ukraine P. A. Poroshenko, the then Federal Chancellor of Germany A. Merkel, and former President of France F. Hollande—said that they had never intended to implement them. That is their attitude toward international law. All UN members, without exception, are obliged to comply with UN Security Council decisions, just as they are with the decisions of the Nuremberg Tribunal.
Видим, как ревизионизм, в котором нас обвиняют, что, дескать, Россия и Китай – ревизионистские державы, а настоящий ревизионизм по отношению к универсально одобренным принципам проявляют как раз те, кто «размывает» наши общие завоевания и пытаются «открыть дверь» для человеконенавистнической идеологии и практики.	Full house translation — pending review We see how revisionism, of which we are accused, with claims that Russia and China are revisionist powers—yet genuine revisionism toward universally endorsed principles is displayed precisely by those who are “eroding” our common achievements and trying to “open the door” to a misanthropic ideology and practice.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified Question: Why do these unshakable rules get violated in Europe? Immunity to the Nazi virus has significantly weakened. Why is that do you think? Who is trying to revise the Nuremberg Trial verdicts, and to what end? Sergey Lavrov: I believe all of this reflects, first and foremost, the West’s position which has never been steeped in justice or any ideals whatsoever. It has always relied on containing competitors.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified Many historians are of the opinion that in the early days of the Second World War, Western countries, particularly Britain and the United States, waited to see who was going to gain the upper hand, Adolf Hitler or the Soviet Union. There was a reason it took them so long to open the second front. It goes without saying that they did not want Hitler to achieve an unconditional victory. Had he seized the riches of the Soviet Union, his empire would have become unbreakable.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified The Lend-Lease was launched immediately after the Great Patriotic War broke out and was a great accomplishment in the history of Russia-US relations. We had joint projects to deliver supplies across the North Sea with the British as well. We cherish this memory. The last time President Putin mentioned it was during his summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska. It was truly touching to see the Americans in Alaska preserve the hallowed memory of those years of alliance.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified President Putin laid flowers at that monument. However, the principles of wartime brotherhood were quickly put to a rigorous test. Less than a year after Victory, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his Fulton speech about isolating and fencing off the Soviet Union and lowering an Iron Curtain to prevent the communist scourge from spreading to other countries.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified The main reason behind Nazism rearing its ugly head lies in what was happening in the countries such as the Baltic states which cultivated a genetic hatred of everything related to our shared history, including vocal refusal to acknowledge the immense contribution the Soviet Union had made to advance these backward territories and to build their own industry and infrastructure for them.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified This hatred runs deep in their genes, It was widely fueled by the elites of the Baltic states and major Western actors, who saw it as an another chance to annoy and to destabilise the Soviet Union, later Russia, when we granted independence to the Baltic states. This Nazi scourge spread rapidly to manifest itself in marches of veterans and torchlight processions. Look at what is happening in Finland, which enjoyed a reputation of a neutral state in the post-war period.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified That country promotes conciliation and consensus; it was behind the Helsinki process that led to the creation of the OSCE. Yet now, in his remarks, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, at one point my counterpart as foreign minister, says that the Nazi charge is not going anywhere. We are now talking about Finland as one of Hitler’s most devout allies. It took part in imposing the Siege of Leningrad and perpetrating other inhumane acts, such as setting up concentration camps.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified We didn’t feel like bringing this matter up earlier, because we thought the lessons had been learned. Not really. Nothing has been learned. Nationalism has long been evident in Ukraine, long before the special military operation and long before the February 2014 coup. A couple of years before that coup, US Congress examined an inquiry regarding the creation and ongoing activities of the Azov battalion in Ukraine. It was recognised as an extremist organisation.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified The congressional resolution was adopted which proscribed any efforts to support it. Later, the Americans forgot about the resolution adopted by their own legislative body. Torchlight processions in Ukraine went unnoticed for years on end. Moreover, President Petro Poroshenko and President Vladimir Zelensky made sure no attempts were made to disrupt these marches. The developments in Germany are the saddest part, though.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified I noticed a change in the mood of our German dialogue partners a long time ago, ten years at least, in my dealings with the German counterparts, several of them, including the current President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Other ministry officials who communicated at different levels with our counterparts from the German Foreign Ministry and other government agencies noticed this change as well.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified I’d be hard pressed to come up with accurate quotes, but if I were to summarise the message they tried to convey it was that they had long since paid up their debt and atoned for everything Hitler had done, and they owe nothing to anyone anymore. I mentioned this in an interview many years ago. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is now in office. He proudly stated that Germany must once again become Europe’s strongest army.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified This once again shows that no lessons have been learned, at least by Merz and his inner circle. It is gratifying to see that the German people do not let these metamorphoses go unnoticed. The lowest ever Merz government approval ratings can be attributed not only to economic difficulties, but also to overt revanchism, which could lead Germany into catastrophe this time again. We cannot afford to let all the trends unfolding in the countries around us play out unchecked.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified This concerns the Baltic states, Ukraine, and Germany. In a number of European countries, Poland included, monuments to the heroes who liberated Europe are being torn down, while monuments are being erected (such as in Ukraine) to Roman Shukhevich, Stepan Bandera, and other Nazi puppets whose remembrance and glorification must be outlawed under the Nuremberg Tribunal’s verdict.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified The West, primarily Europe, is collectively pushing ideas about setting up tribunals against the Russian army, pushing all kinds of false claims about crimes allegedly committed by our military without providing any evidence to back it up. We oppose this provocation with our own efforts to establish the factual basis of our stance.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified Russia’s Investigative Committee has been looking into these matters since the bloody crimes in Odessa in 2014, when frontline aviation bombed cities including Lugansk, and artillery fire targeted peaceful cities. Using regular army in internal conflicts is prohibited by international humanitarian law. Look at where the West stands to see once again its duplicity and hypocrisy. There is a compelling example to prove it.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified During Maidan protests in late 2013-early 2014, the West, including NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, vocally called on then President Viktor Yanukovich not to use the army against peaceful protesters who for weeks staged the West-fuelled provocations on the Maidan. Shortly after the coup that brought to power the people who didn’t give a hoot about the guarantees provided by France, Germany, and Poland under the agreement reached by the opposition and Yanukovich, they seized government buildings.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified The first thing they announced was they would cancel the status of the Russian language in Ukraine. Next thing they did was send militant groups aka friendship trains to storm the building of the Supreme Council of Crimea.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified After these lads began using militants and military force against those they called terrorists, meaning the people of Donbass who refused to recognise the coup, NATO - through the same secretary general - called on the new Ukrainian authorities to use force against peaceful citizens, but do so measurably. That is, Yanukovich was told not to use any force, while the new authorities were allowed to use force measurably.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified Everything we have put on record with regard to the crimes committed by the Kiev regime after the coup is of great importance. Without a doubt, these materials will come handy over time, and the criminals will get the punishment they deserve. In addition to the Investigative Committee of Russia, this work is being carried out by the International Public Tribunal on Kiev Regime’s Crimes established by a member of the Russian Civic Chamber Maxim Grigoryev.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified The Foreign Ministry created the position of Foreign Ministry Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law quite a while ago. The commissioner publishes thematic reports annually. In April, the report titled “The 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory: The Shadow of Nazism Once Again Falls over Europe” was released. This is an illuminating report based on numerous facts and authentic documents, including the ones we obtained from international and governmental organisations in Europe.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified A new position - Ambassador-at-Large for the Crimes of the Kiev Regime - was recently created at the Ministry manned by renowned politician Rodion Miroshnik, who was personally involved in many events related to implementation of the Minsk Agreements, which were deliberately disrupted and which no one intended to act upon. This, too, is part of the record.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified The agreements to preserve the territorial integrity of Ukraine by granting special status to Donbass territories have been approved by the UN Security Council, yet the Kiev regime constantly violated every provision of these agreements from ceasefire to refusal to use military force.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified A couple of years ago, former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, former Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, and former President of France François Hollande who signed these agreements admitted they never intended to implement them. That speaks volumes about their approach to international law. All UN member states without exception must comply with the UN Security Council resolutions and the Nuremberg Tribunal verdicts.
Matching Russian passage has not been identified	Cached English source — passage alignment not verified We see that revisionism attributed to Russia and China is actually displayed by those who erode our collective accomplishments and try to re-open the door to hate-fueled ideology and practice.