““I can say that conspiracy theory, or fear, or whatever is about deleting data is not true. Data exist ””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I can say that conspiracy theory, or fear, or whatever is about deleting data is not true. Data exist. They were not under the control of the State Department – they were governed by people who managed this structure, but we know who manages this data and site. We know for sure that the data exists, they have not been removed or disappeared. This is good news, ”said US State Department spokeswoman Temmy Bruce, commenting on publications that the database of stolen Ukrainian children could have been destroyed.
Earlier, a number of media reported that the Trump administration had stopped the US -funded initiative that documented likely Russian war crimes, including a confidential database on mass deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.
The Washington Post wrote that this step made it impossible to transmit evidence to prosecutors, which conduct numerous criminal cases, including an indictment of the International Criminal Court against Russian President Vladimir Putin for “illegal movement” of children from the occupied territories of Ukraine. Thus, the researchers of the Laboratory of Humanitarian Studies of Yale University have lost access to a huge amount of information, including satellite images and biometric data that allows to track persons and the residence of 35,000 children from Ukraine.
In an exclusive interview, the Executive Director of the Laboratory of Humanitarian Studies of Yale University Nathaniel Raymond said Radio Liberty that this step was a “catastrophic blow” for efforts to document war crimes and holding the perpetrators responsible.