Ukraine should not rely on the decisions of international courts in its favor until it officially recognized the Russian Federation as an aggressor country. The Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky commented on the decision made by the UN International Court of Justice to protect national minorities in the occupied Crimea, gordonua reports.. Com.

"Ukraine has stepped on the rake, which it has long been warned: if you do not declare war on any country, you can not consider it an aggressor. There must be a clear sequence. First, the country needs to declare war, and then use this argument. If there is no formal state of war, diplomatic relations between the countries are preserved, even a visa-free regime operates, then one can not appeal to aggression as an argument, "said the political scientist..

According to him, otherwise the words about Russian aggression are perceived only as political rhetoric of Kiev.

Belkovsky believes that the suit of Ukraine in the international court has no perspective.

"Of course, I do not call on Ukraine to declare war on Russia, but the fact is a fact. We, as people from the USSR, have problems with legal consciousness. It seems to us that the courts act on political logic, "the expert added..

In his opinion, the Russian authorities will not comply with the court's decisions - Putin will only pretend that they are being carried out, for example, a paper will be sent to the Hague court that the number of Ukrainian schools and Crimean Tatar classes.