“The fight for the inevitability of punishment or impunity for crimes committed in Ukraine must be a priority for all who support Ukraine. To ensure this, a special international tribunal should be created to examine the accountability of officials, of decision makers for crimes of assault,” Cole said.
At the same time, in a statement, the Saeima calls on the European Union to include the Russian private military company “Wagner Group” in the list of terrorist organizations and to find a legal solution so that the frozen Russian money can be used for the reconstruction of the ‘Ukraine and compensation for victims of Russian aggression.
Only the party “Stability!” took part in the debate. leader Alexei Roslikov, who does not support the declaration because, in his opinion, it only divides Latvian society: “Now we will simply vote again for some kind of declaratory statement, which doesn’t actually mean anything legally, but will send a purely emotional signal extremely negative for the Latvian people, and once again the Latvian-speaking Russians will still argue with the Latvian-speaking Latvians about some positions that do not make any sense”.
The announcement was accepted by the Saeima with an overwhelming majority. 77 deputies voted “for”, 10 “against”.
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