Kyiv Court of Appeal does not recognize Russia's aggression against Ukraine
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has dismissed a crucial lawsuit on the recognition of Russia’s armed aggression in the Crimea and eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian open-court.org portal reported. The plaintiff, Ukrainian activist Stanislav Batryn, stated that he refuses to give up and will file an appeal to the Court of Cassation, noting that the Court has committed a number of procedural violations.
Batryn believes that there is also positive news. “The statements by skeptics that a petition by a Ukrainian citizen regarding Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine can’t be considered in the court and the court can’t consider this case because there is an issue of international public order has been refuted once again. The Court didn’t close the case but it considered this case and issued a decision. Therefore, the key position of authorities was rejected by the Court,” the lawyer stated.
According to the plaintiff, the decisions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the UN General Assembly on the recognition of Russian aggression aren’t enough because they are political. Batryn is working to ensure that this fact be legally recognized. On the 12th of May 2016, the Shevchenkivskiy District Court of Kyiv dismissed the petition by Batryn on the recognition of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.
The Court ruled that this fact is publicly known and it doesn’t affect the rights of the citizen. The complainant appealed this decision to the Kyiv Court of Appeal. Stanislav Batryn, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine, the Anti-Terrorist Center of SSU, the Embassy of Russia in Kiev, and the President of Ukraine as represented by the President’s Office took part in this case.