{"id":45400,"date":"2023-01-19T17:52:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/european-parliament-calls-for-tribunal-against-russia-belarus-leaders\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"european-parliament-calls-for-tribunal-against-russia-belarus-leaders","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45400\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament calls for tribunal against Russia, Belarus leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>January 19, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for an international tribunal to be set up to hold the Russian leadership and its allies accountable for the aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhile noting that the exact modalities and composition of the special tribunal remain to be determined, MEPs stress that it must have jurisdiction to investigate not only Vladimir Putin and the political and military leadership of Russia, but also Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka and his cronies in Belarus,\u201d the European Parliament\u2019s press office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20230113IPR66653\/ukraine-war-meps-push-for-special-tribunal-to-punish-russian-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> MEPs said the tribunal would fill the void in international justice, complementing the efforts of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which couldn\u2019t investigate the particular crime of aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the resolution, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1616035270398279680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweeting<\/a>: \u201cI call on all our partners to support such a tribunal. Russia must be held accountable for its war of aggression and justice must prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia has repeatedly struck Ukraine from Belarusian territory, where it has a growing military presence. It used Belarus as a launchpad for its February 2022 offensive on Kyiv. At the same time, Belarus says its troops are not directly involved in hostilities in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 19, BPN. 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