Changing the composition of the population of Crimea is a strategic task of Russia

The Ukrainian authorities should investigate the demographic situation in Crimea in conditions where the Kremlin is taking active measures to change the composition of the population on the occupied peninsula, she said in a comment Crimea.Real head of the Crimean human rights group Olga Skrypnyk.

"The strategic task of the Russian Federation is to change the composition of the population. In the sense of both physically and mentally. For the most part, what we can fix is ​​one of the targets — the displacement of the militarized population. We are talking about military and power structures. Moreover, since Russia formally considers this to be its territory, they are no longer moving as a business trip, but for permanent work, that is, they are already moving with their families. If we are talking about one Ephesian, then we can actually multiply it by three, because he, for example, comes with his wife and child," Skrypnyk noted.

She said that there is propaganda in Russia and direct advertising is moving to Krym.

"An important trend in the background of all this is that it (Russia — ed.) is basically trying to destroy or squeeze out the pro-Ukrainian population," the human rights activist notes.

The head of the Crimean human rights group notes that the law on punishment for war crimes should help in the investigation and fixation of the demographic situation in the occupied Crimea. It was adopted in the second reading, but it has been lying without the president's signature for six months.

Ukrainian human rights defenders have repeatedly demanded a signature, but the President's Office does not comment on it either to them or to the journalists of Radio Liberty.

The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea, Anton Korynevich, previously also emphasized in his statements that, by law, a proper catalog of war criminals must be kept. And the article on crimes against humanity should also appear in the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Draft Law No. 2689 "On Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of Ukraine on the Implementation of International Criminal and Humanitarian Law" was adopted in the parliament in May 2021 — it was supported by 248 people's deputies, mostly members of the "Servant of the People" party. The author of the draft law is the acting Minister of Internal Affairs, Denys Monastyrskyi. In June 2021, the draft law was handed over to the president for his signature, but it has not yet been signed or returned for revision.