Nebenzia called the initiative on the tribunal for Ukraine an attempt to cover up the lawlessness of the West

The initiative of the European Commission to create a tribunal for Ukraine under the auspices of the UN is an attempt to give lawlessness against Russia some form of legitimacy, said Vasyl Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN.

“There are so many different initiatives, you don’t have time to keep track of them all. This is an example of what is called “an international order based on rules – they come up with these” rules “, then pass them off as universal ones, and also try to hide behind the authority of the UN,” the diplomat said (quote according to TASS).

He also recalled what the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had previously said about the confiscated Russian assets. “They will try to justify this with a resolution adopted by the General Assembly, that is, to give lawlessness some form of legitimacy,” he added.

Von der Leyen earlier today proposed the creation of a structure to manage Russian assets. According to her, the blocked funds of the Russian Central Bank and the assets of Russian oligarchs confiscated due to sanctions should be combined into a fund, the funds of which should be invested, and the profit from these investments should be used for compensation payments to Ukraine.

She also suggested creating an international anti-Russian court and enlisting UN support to implement this idea. The head of the EC specified that Western countries blocked 300 billion euros of reserves of the Central Bank of Russia and 19 billion euros of private funds of Russian businessmen.

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