The policy of Russification of Ukrainians: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted to the new “strategy of cultural state policy” of the Russian Federation

The new “state cultural policy strategy” adopted by Russia, in which the occupied parts of Donetsk region, Luhansk region, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson region are defined as “priority”, is evidence of the Kremlin’s planned policy regarding the Russification of Ukrainians on the TOT. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, he writes UNN.

“On September 11, Russia adopted a new “strategy of state cultural policy”, in which parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions were identified as “priority”. This is another evidence of Moscow’s planned policy regarding the Russification and assimilation of the Ukrainian population in the temporarily occupied territories.

This act, which is legally void, grossly violates the norms of international law, in particular the Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions, which prohibits discrimination based on race, language, religion or national origin,” the message reads.

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The embassy also emphasized that the Ukrainian side considers such a move by the Russian Federation as creating conditions for the destruction of Ukrainians as a national group.

We prepare evidence for the relevant international courts, guided by the Rome Statute of the ICC. We call on the world to increase pressure on Russia to force it to comply with international humanitarian law in the occupied territories,

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