With the terrorist attack in Olenivka, Russia earned this status.
recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. According to the president, with the terrorist attack in Olenivka, Russia fully deserved this status.
Many countries condemned the killing of prisoners in the colony on the occupied territory. However, only condemnation at the level of political rhetoric for this mass murder is not enough, the president believes. Formal legal recognition of Russia as a terrorist state, in particular recognition by the United States State Department, is needed not as a political gesture, but as an effective defense of the free world,” he emphasized during the evening address.
Russia has chosen terror as its main weapon at this stage of the war, Volodymyr Zelenskyy notes. Recognizing the Russian Federation as a terrorist state will automatically complicate its existence and sever various political and business ties that Russia would otherwise maintain. Ukrainian diplomats and all friends of Ukraine abroad will work to break existing ties.
“This (granting the Russian Federation the appropriate status – ed.) will still have to be done – it's only a matter of time and the format of the decision. And the sooner it happens, the less evil Russia will have time to do,” he added.
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On July 27, the Senate adopted a resolution with a call to recognize the Russian Federation as a sponsor of terrorism for its aggression against Ukraine, Georgia and Chechnya and the death a huge number of people. A similar document is being prepared in the House of Representatives.
However, according to the NYT, US Secretary of State Anthony Binken has not yet made a final decision. Blinken believes that there are already quite strict sanctions against the aggressor, and this status will not allow to increase the pressure. And also considers it important to preserve the limited diplomatic ties between Washington and Moscow.
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