The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly recognized Russia's actions as genocide of the Ukrainian people

Photo: Pavlo Frolov

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) adopted a resolution in which it recognized Russia's actions as genocide of the Ukrainian people and the need for decolonization of the Russian Federation.

This was reported by a member of the parliamentary delegation, Pavlo Frolov.

«On the day of the opening of the summer session in Bucharest, the OSCE PA adopted a resolution condemning the 10-year armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, recognizing the actions of the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation and its armed forces during the full-scale genocidal invasion of the Ukrainian people,» he noted.

Pavlo Frolov emphasized that the resolution defines the decolonization of the Russian Federation as a «necessary prerequisite for the establishment of lasting peace.»

The main theses of the resolution:

• call on all 53 OSCE participating countries to make efforts for the de-occupation of Crimea and all occupied territories of Ukraine by supporting the Peace Formula and the Crimean Platform;
• the call of the OSCE states to create a Special Tribunal to prosecute the Russian Federation for crimes committed during the aggressive war against Ukraine, to conduct an international and national investigation into mass atrocities, murders, torture, and rape by the Russian army;
• the need to quickly launch the mechanism for the use of frozen Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine is emphasized, the OSCE countries are invited to join the Agreement on the International Register of Damages Caused to Ukraine by the Russian Federation's Aggression;
• the 2024 presidential elections in the Russian Federation are recognized as rigged and undermine the legitimacy of the entire electoral system of the Russian Federation;
• support for the creation of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, as well as ensuring the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians;
• a call to ban the import of Russian liquefied gas to the European Union, re-export and transit through EU ports.

We will remind you that last year, the UN commission investigating violations in Ukraine did not find sufficient evidence to recognize genocide by Russia.