the federation is also concerned with the republic of belarus there with certain uh-uh certain exceptions and uh-uh this has become a very urgent problem about after july 15 when it comes to travel for its own citizens federation citizens, permanent residents of the country had to have some special reason, uh, that is, just for tourist purposes or without explaining the reasons, it was not possible to cross the land border, and after july 15 it became possible. well, where to the lack of air communications between the russian federation and the european union affected the mass of russian tourists, naturally they were affected in three

strange ways that continental russia in the european union has a land border, this is the story of the rise of latvians, and we are running out of resources for which мы може катить от простоянный контрольный и обечечивать кредит, that is, in connection with this, estonia has just closed its borders for citizens of the russian federation. estonia is the first of the strange european union, as far as i know, annulled all the issued early ones, and already er, sergey called for 50,000. we have a small country and so many countries, not so many. the operation of this station will not formally remain in effect, but a-a in a week, they will no longer be able to, uh, most likely, it

will no longer be possible to travel on them a-a in estonia unless there is some exceptional humanitarian reason . we cannot monitor foreign visas but we can cancel yours and also give a signal that through the spanish border it is already said how it will be impossible and finland and latvia will adopt a similar decision and will there be any changes and losses within estonia from this decision to close the borders from the russians will estonia lose from e-e closure of the flow of russians to lose this, i just don’t understand the word very much, will estonia lose something from this solution ? on our income eh, the hotels are there, there are transports and all the checks, so

it ’s not important now, a-a, it’s not important, a-a, it’s the last time. to be honest, i am very little interested in the rubles that i will stay and then earn instead of the fact that russian tourists will not enter estonia or through estonia, but transit other countries of the european union, less than 300. besides, you need to understand that if the main passenger flow is transit expenses for a-a support from the tourist ceiling for conducting border control and infrastructure inspections and so on, they are very high, and possible incomes for a-a from their arrival and short stay in estonia, this is the border point er-e ground point from the russian federation there is the airport of the element of mary , for example, and that line, and this well, as it were, very

small incomes, but i would like to repeat it again , which is not strange or, as it were, i would not like it at all, even if they concern some questions, eh, no to the received income because of the fact that now the most important thing is to stop the war, that's the most important thing, and the rest is nonsense, istonia also makes a proposal for the euro at the level of the entire european union, what are your predictions, can it be adopted on an equal footing, because ah well , look now, we have closed uh, here are 50,000 temporary visas from when they were reset, but there are still visas issued by other places in 4 austria , because in germany, a huge number of visas issued by russian citizens are not the same as before will agree to go through the estonian and lappish and luhansk borders in order to make other countries of the european union and then we turn to our colleagues in the eu for questions that either you also close the poristic

flood, there are only humanitarian opportunities for obtaining a postcard, an urgent letter, and either we introduce some unilateral restrictions on crossing the land border of our fears, this is, well, they are arguing about whether it is legal, whether it complies with the law or not this is in line with our international obligations under the porshneven agreement, and we are because when the results with the coronavirus began, finland, for example, banned citizens of estonia from leaving estonia at all and crossing the border inside the mining zone simply because we had a level of infection with the coronavirus for some time. that's it, we can at any time close any of our borders, external or internal, for crossing. the european union will limit the tourist traffic. but if this decision is not adopted by the council, then we will

simply close the external border. because we are not such open gates of the european union. what is good for russians? eh, how do estonians understand it, they closed it because of the coronavirus or because the war in ukraine is russia 's aggression supports similar sanctions eh let's say it like this maybe it's a part of our russian-speaking population in some way against in our countries but the situation is just like this now that, unfortunately, it is not for tourism, that is, we will have

to ... military position before, it wasn’t just a photo- photo visa, it was a tourist visa, and not just without any explanation, a causal one, just for celent tourism, they received a visa at any embassy. critical about 50 khz, such a limited possibility will not be found, it will be possible to find some new ways to evacuate, to rescue, to protect the rights of journalists, civil activists, dci gang, and so on and so on. it's us, it's a small group strangers with these tourists who want to have a rest in europe, that's why they want the alps or the stripes of milan and an example for this, i don't know there, rainer is a children's city, but

there is such an opinion that well, that's right putin is waging a war in ukraine and why are the russians here or should they suffer and even german chancellor olaf scholz says that putin started the war and he is against banning all russians from traveling to the european union and how should they get together there at the level of ministers of the european union in berlin and this discuss how do you feel about this theory of er existence let's say so er i would not consider this decision as er simply a sanction against the entire russian people er to do that the technical er is a largely technical solution for us so that we cannot now allow a huge, huge wave of people wishing to leave for the european union to pass through our borders, a-and

, basically , french air messages. it's responsible, we import a temporary ban, that is, it's not a-a hmmm, of course, it's perceived at the individual level as an additional additional sanction. - the suspension of air traffic as a contract, that is, under the conditions of the absence of communication, we cannot ensure the crossing of the land border in the same volume, so a large number of citizens of the russian federation will suffer from it citizens of the country of the aggressor, uh, they can offend probably even someone, and there is some moral right for this, he tells you that today you are

personally against the war. in principle, now more russians are eager to join the european union . well, look. from russia, it is now possible to actually enter the european union at full speed. yes. that is, it is possible to fly from moscow to serbia to belgrade . it costs about €1,000 there, er, for one side or is it possible to go, uh, crossing the land border, and then there already from the ryanair game, they fly and become irrite for 10 €. well, it’s clear that there’s a new one, let’s give it a new difference, it’s the main platform for the whole game to go west, and it’s the western western part of russia in general, and it rushed through our border, and the air the message a-a has already been suspended. well, it's a direct european one. but it's been a long time since serbia was made

younger through turkey. please, it's expensive, and i accept it. it's tourism for russians. he became eh, well, in the european union. and how exactly is it ? before, ego is possible. to leave the european union from russia, you don’t see such a thing, to be honest , that is, those who did not find it before eh, yes, or nothing , according to the conclusion ah, when they watched, they know the situation in the lpr, the dnr, that is, they are stupid ah together on ah бы приеднаю этот now i don't know, i can get them through the site, go to e-e, get to this idea, i don't feel so well in ukraine, the russian society, in relation to me, 18 years old, there is already

a ban on the register of the russian federation, the republic of belarus . есть если дохъдет хочая бы так что э-э пробенно тоже будет э-э yes, mr. evgeny and what could be, as they like to say, mirror sanctions, what can estonia expect in response from russia oh, i don't know, oh, oh, i don't know, well, if they won't let me i don't know there are citizens of estonia or the european union in the russian federation, let's go. i don't know there. no, there is no such a very large passenger flow from our countries . and in terms of the number of russian citizens, it is second only to germany in general in the european union. you are just germany, a huge story, very small, a million 300,000, today we have a russian citizen education, i have no idea what kind of people there are, and on whom

all the sanctions, and in my opinion, russia already could, in general, what did he do about it, and everything that she can tell us or do. this is simply based on the fact that dmitry medvedev is in his body there to our prime minister, he pointed out that what you are free is not your merit, but our improvements . how do you understand the last ones? they count to five there is no work, well, here they are trying to liquidate this non-earning in ukraine, and in your borderline resistance, it does not allow directly, it does not allow to do it, of course, they are already . to be close to the onatorsky to call eh, too, this world will do it so that they have very little and very little is possible, that is,

except for the nuclear button, they have in general, in my opinion , more and more is possible, i will stay like this the one there is nothing left for the family, but look at estonia. in the near future, the government of estonia wants to develop a comprehensive package of military support for ukraine at the request of the minister of defense of the country. we must not forget that the decision to support ukraine today also strengthens our own security and deprives russia of the opportunity to act unpredictable in our region. if you are aware of this support , and do you generally evaluate estonia's military support for ukraine? because, well, first of all, we understand very well that this attack on us is terrible, this is the country itself, on the other hand, we wish for the fastest eh and the fewest resources, and well, uh, with the smallest

say a victory for the ukrainian people in this war and we have there are absolutely no er-er and sport is mocking the topic of someone here who is a victim of aggression a-a -like an aggressor and on the other hand estonian public opinion it a-a it is more -e arms export a-a c ukraine, and therefore the weapons are clearly not ours. and this is about the general nato yes, that is, these are german guns, and which are american, and american precision weapons that are sent to ukraine, but they will simply direct the whole matter by text , i don’t know the public opinion of the local people . the left ultra-right is very strong. it won't be on me, and there won't be anything in the last one

, that is. and the history of a nato member country, that 's why when they somehow supply weapons to other countries in germany, that's all. everything is fine, it’s the same, dad, after that, it ’s uh, there, uh, with mixed- up decisions, ah, ah, it gets into ukraine, and in general, it’s optically short, there’s nothing against it, that’s how the forces in other countries of the european union are, we have them, too, reproductions очень лечко корече оригинальных ah, i thank you very much for finding time for us yevhen kryshtofovych, lawyer, human rights defender , political scientist, we talked about from estonia. thank you , mr. yevgeny, and we're moving on. we'll talk on our air about the anniversary of the geneva conventions and about protection of war victims the thing is that exactly 73 years ago on this day, that is, august 12. but in 1949,

shortly after the end of the second world war, in the city of geneva, the leading countries of the world adopted four conventions on the protection of war victims, in particular, the geneva conventions regulate the treatment of partners, prisoners of war and civilians under the time of hostilities among the signatories was in the soviet union, too, why does russia, the legal successor of the soviet union, regularly violate these geneva conventions, let's look further into the story 73 years ago, the foundation was laid in geneva of international humanitarian law, on august 12, 1949 , after the bloodiest conflict in the history of mankind, the world powers agreed that even war should be carried out according to the rules without the killing of prisoners of war, concentration camps, the suffering of civilians and deportations, the four geneva conventions on the protection of war victims are officially observed by 190 states, that is, practically the whole world

, they guarantee basic rights wounded servicemen, prisoners and civilians who were in the conflict zone, and deliberate violation of the document, for example, the killing of captured soldiers of the enemy army or targeted shooting of civilians is considered a war crime that does not have a statute of limitations for the russian army. such actions have long since become commonplace. they were recorded en masse in chechnya , georgia, and now in ukraine. camps one of the most egregious war crimes of the rashists was the mass murder of azov residents in a deer park. of the geneva convention on the protection of the civilian population, in particular, moscow does not recognize the right of the un to investigate war crimes, but why does russia not

comply? russia, in principle, does not comply with any international terms of treaties, it does not recognize the jurisdiction of any courts, uh, that's clear. it's not clear how russia is. which one is the legal successor of the soviet union, which after the second world war, after such insane losses, sat down and agreed that war should also be governed by the rules and that there should be some civilized framework even in wars. then that's all i somehow forgot oleksandr pavlichenko, the executive director of the ukrainian helsinki union for human rights, will help us understand the intricacies of legal. greetings, oleksandr. good day, we watched the plot with the beginning of the war. more and more often we began to mention this geneva convention. and that russia does not observe it. how do you explain this to yourself ? well, after all, the soviet union was among the signatories then 73 years ago, and now russia, which is the legal successor, does not adhere to any

of these conventions at all. how did the four geneva conventions happen? the conventions of the 49th year, in fact, and we are talking about the fact that in fact all the states that have signed them must be supported by the standard of norms . the russian federation today cannot actually be recognized as such a frontline security field of the un is where it actually is it blocks the decision regarding a possible investigation or intervention in order to stop these horrible drunken crimes that continue to take place on the territory of ukraine as a result of the war waged by the russian federation, here is a very simple explanation, that is, the state which does not care about the principles of law, is trying to

create its own system, its own vision, and use only those elements that are correct, using the failed and weaknesses of the institutions and legal documents that currently exist in order to avoid responsibility for what happens as of today , but you know, hitler and milunoshevich and the crucian carp also thought that they would avoid responsibility, but it did not happen that way, as the footage from the deer park was provided, so where about 50 ukrainian prisoners were killed and this is one of the glaring facts of the violation of all this, it is only possible, oleksandr, on this particular situation. how do you comment on this? what do you call it, and what is the most flagrant case during the war, already six months ago, on the part of russia

? er, we are even talking about the fact that russia tried to use this murder by shifting the blame to the ukrainian side , in my opinion, this is still a long way for er, first of all, false information and the creation of this against the english glass is actually what russia is already certain has a combination we remember ms/ sometimes they tried to translate one for the shooting down of that boeing of ukraine, they mentioned many versions there there were 20 the same thing they are trying to do and now , that is, having committed a crime, they are also trying for this crime so or to point out the other side - this is, you know, hypocrisy, hypocrisy, and this should also be directly addressed by research and investigation

. the commission of crimes in our country will be in mariupol and today is actually occupied and is under russian occupation, which erases itself plus with equally serious crimes when er-er this is in the kyiv chernihiv region where you er-er thousands of facts er-er m-m murder and deprivation of liberty and robberies and the rest of the military and concealed in relation to the civilian population overdose, as well as practically do not understand all of us the rules of the introduction of war, which are provided by engineering

conventions and the rome statute, what we are talking about today, that is, international rules and the rights do not apply to this territory, which is engaged in by the russian federation, because it is not even a state, the territory must accordingly list a different format so that today, april 21, with the rest of alexander it is prohibited by the geneva conventions, that is, you cannot aimlessly shoot at civilians during the war, and there was just such a case in sumy oblast, it was the first sentence of a russian soldier for shooting a civilian simply on streets there, a man was walking with a bicycle and it was a

life sentence, and then the kyiv court of appeal changed this sentence. vadym shishimarin is the name of this russian soldier who confessed and told how he took and shot a man who was walking with a bicycle just in a village in ukrainian and the court replaced kyiv life imprisonment for 15 years of imprisonment and why so uh. look, this is a separate big question and a separate case. there are some comments about the qualifications under article 438, according to which convicts are held in a special first articles, actually, here we will not comment on the decisions of the judges, who are, so to speak, autonomous of ukraine, overturning the decision, the murder of a civilian . it really happened there, under the circumstances, and they

require an additional investigation, because shimarin and this confirmed it an accomplice who was together with them in the car. only for some reason he was a witness, not an accomplice, and he received a command from one and then from another commander who were in the car to shoot one of whom they beat and the other for a few minutes, that is, here the extremes turned out to be only on the hook and not all the rest of the military group that is actually playing evil in us, well, for example, the question even about the preparation of the investigation of this particular fact raises many questions, why was it life imprisonment and not another term, he is deprived of the field, this is a matter for court of the station, the court of appeal qualifiedly just changed the er replaced the earlier er 15 years according to the city life, this is somehow a term

that is also very, very not small, you have to think that this is a very mild punishment, this is the heaviest, the most immediate punishment for me is less than 15 years in our country that's why talking about the fact that this is no punishment, this is such a case, for 10 years we will feed this six people , so in prison, alexander, we did not prepare for war, and our uh, there is the whole court and all our laws, they are not military in your opinion we now have to somehow change the probable sentences that may be that may be special for the killing of civilians in such quantities in the country, the first is that our legislation really requires improvement in the limits of there are still 338 articles this deepening is the introduction of those standards eh

international humanitarian law and the transfer of all the qualifying features of the laws of violation of the laws of the conduct of war and war crimes have such transfers and plus the criminal procedural legislation also has corresponding changes in order to qualitatively and qualify and to investigate such a thing that you would be a crime eh but at the same time, today, in my opinion, first of all, eh, you need to work with judges who must understand that they are precisely that eh branch of judicial power that should be prejudiced which it is fair to

approve the work. there are reasonable grounds for that here, if the question is yes judges and plus we are talking about the fact that we are talking about crimes and do not reach the level of military tapes about here there should also be a separate preparation of the union in order to properly collect the evidence base and motivate them to decisions of what unfortunately, they completely woke up. here is their first exercise, in particular, we don’t need any cases, shisha marina, and the same is true of the so-called kharkiv artillerymen who fired at the poltava district court of the kharkiv region, i thank you for your assessment and professional analysis oleksandr