Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, March 14, commenting on the preparations in The Hague to initiate two criminal cases related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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“In general, we do not get tired of remembering that for many years neither any international judicial bodies, even those that we do not recognize, nor other members of the international community have been able to pay attention to the destruction of civilian infrastructure, to the killings of civilians that Ukrainian nationalists.

As The New York Times reported the day before, the International Criminal Court plans to open cases of war crimes committed by Russians in Ukraine after a full-scale invasion. Specifically, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan is to present his charges to a panel of pre-trial judges who will decide whether the legal standards for issuing arrest warrants have been met.. At the same time, it remains to be seen who the court plans to indict in each case..

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In March 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers supported the creation of the Office of the International Criminal Court in Ukraine. The main direction of the work of the ICC Office in our country is the investigation of cases considered by the Court since the beginning of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine in 2014.

At the same time, Ukraine will form a coalition in support of the creation of a Special International Tribunal for Russia's crimes in our state.