Russia has all arguments against Ukraine at European Court
3 June 2014, 21:32 -- Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Ukraine had filed a suit against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights over Crimea's accession to Russia, according to Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency. Russia has all the arguments and possibilities to defend its positions at the European Court of Human Right in a possible litigation over Ukraine's lawsuit, chairman of the committee on civil, criminal and arbitration legislation of the Russian State Duma lower parliament house Pavel Krasheninnikov told the agency on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Ukraine's parliament-appointed Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Ukraine had filed a suit against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights over Crimea's accession to Russia.
Krasheninnikov said he was not surprised to hear about such a suit. 'They are doing what they can,' he said. 'They should have thought better when they organized Maidan (Kiev's central Independence Square, a venue of mass protests) and overthrew the legally elected president.'
As concerns Crimea, 'they (Crimean residents) first proclaimed independence and then held a referendum on joining Russia,' he noted. 'In such case, from the point of view of international law, everything is clear. But since the Kiev authorities are now in a situation when they have to demonstrate their 'might,' they are trying to show it.'
The Russian foreign and justice ministries, according to Krasheninnikov, should 'get prepared.' 'We have brilliant specialists in this sphere, and I think they will perfectly cope with this task,' he stressed.
When asked whether the European Court of Human Rights would be unbiased in considering Ukraine's claims, he said, 'If we are speaking about court, there should be a presumption of justice.' 'It is important that our side is well-prepared. We have all the arguments on this matter,' he said. 'And we are all eyewitnesses of history.'
Commenting on a possibility of Russia's filing counter suits with the European Court of Human Rights over the developments in Ukraine's southeastern regions, Krasheninnikov noted that 'there are a lot of possibilities for individuals to defend their rights, including at the European Court of Human Rights.' 'I don't think the subject matter of such suits will be identical but I am sure there will be an avalanche of suits there with time," he added.
Ukraine files two lawsuits against Russia in ECHR – Yatsenyuk
Ukraine has filed two lawsuits with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): Crimea's accession to Russia and Russia's liability to Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said, according to Interfax.
'We are also preparing lawsuits, including some for the government agencies and departments of the Russian Federation, over the illegal takeover and robbing of Ukraine. One must be held accountable for that,' the prime minister was quoted on the government's website as saying on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has launched an inquiry into Ukrainian property in Crimea, Yatsenyuk also recalled.
'As part of the criminal inquiry the Ukrainian government is filing a lawsuit to the tune of over 1 trillion hryvnias,' the prime minister said.
Ukraine is using whatever legal methods possible to get Russia on the dock, he said.
'We are aware that such legal proceedings do not end in one month. But such legal proceedings will have results,' Yatsenyuk said.
Earlier Yatsenyuk told Verkhovna Rada that Russia allegedly stole 2.2 billion cubic meters of Ukrainian natural gas stored in Crimea.
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