"Tribunal" in Mariupol. Whom Russia wants to put in cages
Large composers are young listeners". After the start of the full -scale invasion of Russia and the surroundings of Mariupol in the premises of the concert organization found refuge thousands of locals - mostly, residents of the Eastern residential district, whose houses were destroyed. "By the end of March, windows were already knocked out in the Philharmonic, almost everything was destroyed inside the shock wave.
At the same time, from all the cultural establishments that were in the city, it remained the only one where a large projectile fell," says the director of the Philharmonic, a well -known conductor Vasily Kryachok, who in early April managed to leave Mariupol. Before that, he was in the building daily, because not only the locals but also musicians with families lived there. According to Kryachko, a smaller projectile still fell into the area where the orchestra was located.
The Philharmonic Orchestra is unlikely to sound in the near future, although Russians and local collaborators have undertaken to actively organize the building. In the hall with good acoustics for 370 seats not only repair chairs, scenes, facades, but also install an iron cage. On the eve of the mayor of Mariupol Sergey Boychenko reported that this building is planned to hold the so -called tribunal over Ukrainian prisoners of war.
"Currently, Russian invaders are collecting prison cages on the Mariupol Philharmonic stage. The diameter of the reinforcement is 20 mm. The invaders plan to arrange a demonstrative" court "over the defenders of Ukraine," says Boychenko. And perhaps the first meeting will take place on Independence Day of Ukraine, August 24. This tribunal has been spoken in Russia and in the occupied territories of Donetsk region for the third month.
Like, "DNR" as a sovereign state can hold a tribunal over the Ukrainian military who committed crimes against its "citizens". Similar considerations from the end of May are full of Russian media. The fact that the Russians will try to arrange a demonstration process over Ukrainian servicemen and, most likely, they will be Azov or all defenders of Mariupol, there were no doubts.
Even during the evacuation surgery with Azovstal, it was possible that, despite all the arrangements and guarantees provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICCH), further exchanges, if may occur, are short. There are several reasons for this. In addition, Russia and it have always tried to find it or better it - to appoint "responsible" for "hundreds of children's deaths in the Donbass", which are spoken not only by militants but also by officials of the Russian Federation.
For example, on July 27, the senator of the Federation Council Olga Koviti said that "it is necessary to convene an international military tribunal, because hundreds of families were affected by Ukrainian fighters. " On the same day, the "Minister of Foreign Affairs" "DNR" Natalia Nikonorov spoke about the developed project of the agreement on approval of the charter of such a tribunal.
A little earlier, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Basrykin proposed to involve such Syria, Iran and Bolivia in the work, and to invite as observers of Russian representatives, LNR, Abkhazia and South Ossetia as observers. "I know that some guys have changed status - they are already called prisoners of war in Donetsk, but" suspects. " Donetsk region. Whom the Russians saw on the video were identified in the photo.
Maybe someone gave an interview with the media. Those they do not have information about, they are kept as prisoners of war, ”says Vitaliy Hekalo, a lawyer of the Ukrainian legal advisory group of these people, as well as other servicemen who are suspected in civilian murder called "Ministry of State Security" in the territory of the colony # 97 in Makiivka. "litigation" on the so -called political detainees - people suspected of espionage in favor of Ukraine and sabotage.
Their so -called lawyers do not come to the meeting, explaining employment in connection with the detention of a large number of prisoners of war and holding courts. The so -called "head "Denis Pushilin's quasi -republics confirms:" Tribunal "can take place by the end of the summer. " Active preparation is ongoing. Terms are determined by our investigative bodies. The task is to open the tribunal as possible, " - said" head of the DNR "to Russian journalists.
In addition to the military, in Donetsk would like to judge Ukrainian politicians, including former and present presidents of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Zelensky. She moved to the side of the occupiers in 2014, Elena Shishkin. Now she calls herself the chairman of the committee on criminal and administrative legislation of the People's Council. It is worth saying that Shishkin has already participated in one of the "tribunals" in Donetsk.
Then he "investigated" "Military Crimes of Poroshenko. " However, that time the "process" went unnoticed, now it is counting on "resonance". "The invaders want victories for the Russian internal consumer to show that they are achieving something. They also want to declare that the destruction and murder committed by Russia allegedly committed heroic guys who defended Mariupol. They lie and replace the concept in the information space.
The city was destroyed and burned, people were killed more than the Nazis in two years of occupation, and they say that it did all the Armed Forces, "says Mariupol Boychenko mayor. A serviceman may find himself on the defendant's bench if there is evidence of a particular crime, such as the murder of a particular civilian. But, as it shows, practice is not discussed in Donetsk.
They are charged with "participation in armed formation not provided for by law" or "committing actions aimed at violent seizure of power. " "Also for the creation of a special tribunal, and such were, for example, to consider the case of genocide in Rwanda or the consequences of war in the Balkans, it is necessary to be guided by laws and legitimate treaties at the level of international organizations or states, - the lawyer continues. powers, regulations.
There can be no individual country to create a court without reason and to arrange a demonstration process. " "Keeping in cages during court under international humanitarian law and human rights can be regarded as ill -treatment," Hekalo continues. "There have already been a decision of the European Court of Human Rights that pointed out of the Russian Federation. Cells are Soviet practice that continues the Russian Federation .
In the world practice, suspects are kept in or without a glass chamber. In Mariupol, they want to use cages to strengthen the "effect" - they say, see what criminals before you, and the result is already obvious. This is all to create Additional influence on the negotiation process between Ukraine and Russia. And not just about the exchange of prisoners of war.
" College Hekalo lawyer Andriy Yakovlev is convinced: "The occupation administration announces the future lawsuit in every possible way, allowing photography and distribution of photos of the lattice. Even demonstrating photos of the place of the future trial immediately allows to imagine its course and results. " Yakovlev notes that it is not for nothing that the process begins with the arrangement of a thick grid.