The arrested head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Center (EMDSC) Anar Mammadli’s health has deteriorated, his family said after a meeting with a human rights defender in the Baku pre-trial detention center-1. Prior to his arrest, Mammadli was receiving treatment for obstructive bronchitis, requiring breguinal inhalation. After the…
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In the evening on June 26, precipitation and a decrease in temperature by 3-5 degrees are expected in Baku and Absheron, forecasters of the Ministry of Ecology reported. The wind is north-westerly, the air temperature in the afternoon will be +26+29 degrees.
Heavy rains with thunderstorms are also expected in…
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia February 27, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
THE HAGUE, June 25 (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday for alleged crimes committed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a press release, the court said judges had found there were “reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023”.
The Russian officials were suspected of having committed war crimes and crimes against humanity for directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects in Ukraine.
Russia, which like Ukraine is not a member of the ICC, has repeatedly said Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is a legitimate military target and denies targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure.
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Международный уголовный суд (МУС) в Гааге выдал ордера на арест бывшего министра обороны России Сергея Шойгу и главы Генштаба ВС РФ Валерия Герасимова. Об этом сообщается на сайте МУС во вторник.
Суд считает, что Шойгу и Герасимов несут ответственность за ракетные удары,… pic.twitter.com/dIRvbTjPMS
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Ukraine is set to officially launch membership talks with the European Union on Tuesday in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described as a dream come true for his country’s citizens more than two years into a war with Russia, the Associated Press reports.
Deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration Olga Stefanishyna will lead Ukraine’s delegation at an intergovernmental conference in Luxembourg marking the official opening of talks to align the country’s laws and standards with those of the 27-nation bloc.
A few hours later, Moldova, which applied to join the EU after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and was granted candidate status four months later, will take part in a separate intergovernmental conference to officially launch its own accession process.
⚡️International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Shoigu and Gerasimov for war crimes.https://t.co/Z7ec2dXPsg pic.twitter.com/v1Ee8U06vG
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 25, 2024