Russia's actions in Ukraine provide enough evidence to conclude that Moscow is encouraging genocide and committing atrocities aimed at destroying the Ukrainian people as such..

This is stated in the first independent report on the topic of genocide in Ukraine, writes CNN. Report signed by 30 leading legal scholars and genocide experts. The authors accuse Russia of violating several provisions of the UN Convention on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. They warn that there are serious and acute risks of such a crime in Ukraine, backing up all previous allegations against Moscow with a list of evidence they have collected, including cases of mass murder of civilians, forced deportation and dehumanization of Ukrainians through anti-Ukrainian rhetoric by high-ranking Russian officials..

The report was prepared by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy (USA) and the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights (Canada). Authors send copies to parliaments, governments and international organizations around the world.

“We brought together leading experts from around the world to evaluate all available evidence.. They concluded that the Russian Federation is responsible for violating the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide in Ukraine,” Azeem Ibrahim of the New Lines Institute told CNN..

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In March, Ibrahim traveled to Ukraine, where he collected evidence for evaluation in the framework of the study.

“This is a very thorough and detailed study of a large amount of evidence.. This war is genocidal in nature, in terms of the rhetoric used and the way it is delivered.. It is very, very clear,” said the expert..

The UN Convention on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide legally obliges its signatories to do everything to prevent genocide. So the report calls on the international community to intervene in events in Ukraine.

" We are convinced that there is a serious risk of genocide. Each country signatory to the UN Convention, and there are 151 of them including the Russian Federation, are obliged to do everything to stop this. Otherwise, they will also violate the Convention,” Ibrahim said..

CNN writes that in one of the scariest parts of the report, a panel of experts draws a direct comparison of the events in Ukraine to the Srebrenica massacre, urging the world to act before it's too late..

“The details of the massacre of more than 7,000 Bosnian boys and men in Srebrenica became known to the international community when it was too late to stop the genocide that occurred in a matter of days.. In 2022, we have the ability to accurately track similar atrocities as they happen and respond accordingly,” the report says..

The document directly points to the responsibility of Moscow, accusing the Russian authorities of organizing incitement to genocide and laying the foundation for it, systematically denying the right of Ukrainian identity to exist.. In April, the Kremlin sharply denied US President Joe Biden's claims that Russia's actions in Ukraine amounted to genocide..

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The report of the New Lines Institute and the Raoul Wallenberg Center says that the Russian state violated Article 2 and Article 3 of the Convention on the Prevention of Genocide. Article 2 of the Convention defines genocide as an attempt to carry out acts " Article 3 speaks of " Among the evidence that Russia is violating these provisions, experts point to the constant statements of Vladimir Putin, who insists that Ukraine has no right to exist as an independent country.. They also note the rhetoric of Russian officials who aim to dehumanize Ukrainians by calling them “beasts”, “dirty”, “addicted”, as well as constantly describing Ukraine as a “Nazi state” and an “existential threat” to Russia..

But the report not only accuses Russia of intent to commit genocide. It states that the Russian army is already committing " Well-documented cases of mass executions and killings in Bucha, Staryi Bykovo, and Sumy and Chernihiv regions indicate that Russia deliberately attacks shelters, evacuation routes, healthcare facilities, and bombarded residential apartments. Also, Russian soldiers deliberately resort to rape, set up sieges, forcibly deport Ukrainians to Russia, and steal Ukrainian grain.. All this corresponds to the "