A woman who will force Putin to answer

Source: Associated Press

Translation: Innovator

“Russia A woman who will force President Vladimir Putin to answer, ”Irina Venediktova, Ukraine’s attorney general, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.

According to Novator.az according tothe report discusses the work done by the Prosecutor General in Ukraine, which has faced another military aggression by Russia since February 24, and the investigations carried out.

The authors of the report visited Ukraine, together with Irina Venediktova, visited a number of places and attended meetings with the Prosecutor General.

The report says: “Irina Venediktova’s goal is to assassinate the President of Russia and the army to the crimes committed in Ukraine according to to force to bear responsibility.

The Prosecutor General believes that, Although courts in many parts of the world have tried to prosecute Russia, the main burden of the investigation falls on Ukraine. She according to Irina Venediktova approaches this issue as a matter of principle.

Ukraine Irina Venediktova, who said that she defended the public interests of her citizens, regretted that she could not protect the children who died in the war.

It is mentioned in the report that, Irina Venediktova is Ukraine’s first female prosecutor general. The Associated Press describes him as a man of iron will, determination, professionalism and a sense of humor.

Irina Venediktova, 43, is also a scientist and law professor. The war forced him to travel around the country frequently. and replaced the armored vest. The attorney general often has to eat in a hurry in a car, sometimes without even delivering it, or forgetting it for hours. ac remains.

At present, Irina Venediktova does not have reception hours. Now he has only military hours that start early and end late.

It is reported in the report that, The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine has already opened more than 8,000 criminal cases related to the war: “International investigations into war crimes in Ukraine are growing. The Prosecutor General’s Office, headed by Irina Venediktova, has so far identified more than 500 suspects. On the list Russia ministers, military commanders and It is possible to come across the names of propagandists.

It is said in the report that, Irina Venediktova at the border checkpoints where Ukrainians who took refuge abroad and placed in refugee camps across the country. That is the goal that, Evidence of the suffering of millions of Ukrainians should be collected warmly.

The prosecutor general has set up a special team of about 50 investigators to investigate war crimes. However, not only this group, but the entire staff of the Prosecutor General’s Office investigates war crimes.

Associated Press journalists in a refugee camp in the center of Lviv with Irina Venediktova that, Every day, prosecutors take testimonies of victims and witnesses.

After leaving the camp, the Prosecutor General and journalists went to the Polish border, an hour’s drive from Lviv. that, Irina Venediktova knows these roads very well: “She spends most of her time on these roads to meet with foreign officials who did not dare to come to Ukraine during the war. “In fact, I live in a car,” says Venediktova. Help, support and I need consultants. I need people who know what will happen next. “

Ukraine Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court, including Poland, Germany, France and It closely cooperates with law enforcement agencies of dozens of countries, including Lithuania. In all of these countries, criminal proceedings have been instituted in connection with Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine.

Irina Venediktova has also hired high-level legal advisers from the United Kingdom. He traveled to the United States to set up mobile research teams with international experience and Europe He is actively working with the union. “

Of the Attorney General Ukraine-Journalists who witnessed a meeting with a citizen named Verstyuk in the temporary office set up at the checkpoint on the Polish border that, Verstyuk arrived from the besieged city of Mariupol with a bag of clothes on his back, a velvet dress, black socks and white winter boots. He was able to take his documents and phone with him. On March 8, a rocket hit Verstyuk’s house. He told prosecutors that, The 86-year-old father, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and was unable to walk while fleeing, had to leave his father in a burning house.

Verstyuk took refuge in the Mariupol Drama Theater for a week. He left the theater the day before the rocket attack. Hundreds of people were killed in the rocket attack. Verstyuk’s father, who remained in the burning house, did not receive a call at the time of his statement.

After five hours of questioning, prosecutor Stanislav Bronevitsky documented every detail, every minute of the tragedy he faced, documenting what happened to Verstyuk and uploading it to a central database.

The Associated Press reports that, Large areas of Ukraine have become a potential crime scene: “Tragedies are increasing day by day. To be determined and There are many facts to be preserved.

The Prosecutor General’s Office has more than 8,000 employees. But the work is over again. Returning from the border in the afternoon, Irina Venediktova contacted a group of international donors through the Zoom program and called for a stronger campaign in support of Ukraine.

President Vladimir Zelenski Irina Venediktova to the post of Prosecutor General 2020appointed in March. This post has always been the target of corruption allegations.

Irina Venediktova immediately began reforms in the prosecutor’s office. Thousands of prosecutors honesty and was fired for not meeting professional standards. She according to Irina Venediktova has a limited number of offices that prepare documents related to war crimes.

The Prosecutor General also cooperated with human rights groups. However, some of them did not have good relations with the Ukrainian government.

As soon as the war broke out, Irina Venediktova called on ordinary citizens to collect information via their smartphones and send it online to Warcrimes.gov.ua. In the first five weeks of the war, the site received more than 6,000 applications.

The tragedies documented by Irina Venediktova and her staff are endless: mass graves, mass killings of civilians, mass shootings, attacks on hospitals, kidnappings, torture, sexual violence, siege of cities, humanitarian aid to besieged people, including fooddenial of water aid delivery…

Putin’s military and its minions in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, and the Crimean peninsula in eastern Ukraine. and He has used similar tactics in the Donbas region so far. Although such cases have been documented for years, Western countries have never sent them to Russia snowdid not face serious resistance.

February 24 at 5 p.m. Russia The situation has changed since the bombing of Ukraine. Irina Venediktova is now responsible for the atrocities that have gone unanswered in previous years.

Venediktova’s team continues to search for assets abroad of people suspected of war crimes.

One of the priorities of the team is to seize the money of war criminals and direct the funds to the victims of the war. Attorney General and His team is working with countries where Russian oligarchs hide their wealth. However, some countries are not able to seize assets based on the decisions of foreign courts.

The Associated Press concludes: “It’s 9 o’clock in the evening. Irina Venediktova, as usual, speaks on television. He reassures his people that, the guilty will be punished and The damage will be compensated: “My first joy will be when I sell someone’s villa or yacht. We will have a feeling of victory when ordinary Ukrainians who are forced to leave their homes receive compensation. ”