Russian President Vladimir Putin counts on impunity. It is the impunity of the crimes of the communist regime that is one of the main reasons for the destructive and genocidal war in Europe.. This was stated by Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas, reports ERR..

Kallas made this statement in Switzerland at the ceremony of receiving the European Prize for Political Culture.. Kallas received an award for political courage in confronting Russian aggression and for her influential role in ensuring a decisive response from Western countries..

The Prime Minister of Estonia recalled that her country used a small window of opportunity after the liberation of the Soviet occupation to regain its place in the democratic world. Kallas believes that today the free world has a window of opportunity to stop Russian imperialism.

“We have witnessed a huge change in Western policy. But these changes are only the beginning, and they must be sustainable,” she stressed..

According to Kallas, the aggressor did not change or cancel his criminal goals..

" On the contrary, we need to move forward and important changes in our policies should become permanent,” the Prime Minister added..

She stressed that it was the impunity of the crimes of the communist regime that became one of the main reasons that Europe was once again faced with a destructive and genocidal war..

Kallas stressed that in addition to investigating war crimes, a special international tribunal should be created to hold Russia accountable..

“Putin counts on impunity. Therefore, we must all the more do everything possible so that everyone who is behind the aggression and mass crimes against Ukraine is punished,” she added..

The Estonian Prime Minister believes that hard times await Europeans as well, but this cannot be compared with the price Ukraine has paid in human lives and destroyed cities due to the Kremlin's aggression.

According to Kallas, at stake is? the fate of not only one sovereign and brave European nation. Right now, all rule-based order is under attack..

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Earlier, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that Russian war crimes should not go unpunished, commenting on the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka.