The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine recognized the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague regarding crimes against humanity committed by senior officials of states. 324 deputies voted for the corresponding statement on February 25, according to the Rada website.

Parliament will ask the court to hold President Viktor Yanukovych accountable for crimes against citizens during protests. The court itself, as reported by Reuters , stated that it had not yet received a request from Ukraine to launch a criminal investigation.

The document adopted by the Rada specifies that the deputies will ask the court to investigate the crimes of all officials during the protests that took place in the country from November 30, 2013 to February 22, 2014. Parliamentarians recalled that clashes between oppositionists and the police and Internal Troops led to numerous casualties, and torture was used against protesters (an example was the case of a stripping naked). Euromaidan activist

Earlier, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ruslan Koshulinsky said that the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine is preparing materials to initiate a criminal case against Yanukovych. The issue of putting him on the wanted list is being considered.

On February 25, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine announced the start of an investigation into the actions of all employees of the department during clashes with opposition forces.

On February 22, the Verkhovna Rada, by its decision, relieved Yanukovych from his post and scheduled early presidential elections for May 2014. in the country The election campaign has started . Yanukovych did not recognize the Rada’s decision and disappeared; his whereabouts are now unknown.

Rada decided to try Yanukovych in The Hague