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The UN International Court of Justice has closed the last round of Russiaʼs submissions in Ukraineʼs lawsuit against it

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Liza Brovko, Oksana Kovalenko
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The International Court of Justice / "Бабель"

The head of the Russian delegation Aleksandr Shulgin states that if the UN International Court of Justice agrees with Ukraineʼs position and takes the case into consideration, it will create a bad precedent.

He said this while closing the second and last round of speeches by the Russian delegation at the hearing, Babel correspondent Oksana Kovalenko reports.

"Any other decision of the Court [except denying jurisdiction to Ukraine] would allow states not to rely on their real rights and obligations under the treaty, but to use improper application and abuse of law, to open proceedings on all issues. This would violate the system of compromise clauses and would allow states to very easily circumvent the principle of statesʼ consent to the jurisdiction of the Court," said the head of the Russian delegation.

Shulgin repeated the arguments of Russia voiced during the hearing:

As a result, Shulgin once again called on the UN International Court of Justice to recognize Ukraineʼs claims as inadmissible.

Ukraine will present its final arguments on Wednesday.

The arguments of the Ukrainian delegation, which it expressed in the first round of hearings, can be read here.