Legal action against the U.S. and EU leadership
Lvov, 10 December 2013
International Court of Justice in The Hague United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
Events on Euro-Maidan 2013 (Euro-Square = demonstration in favour of eurointegration) in Ukraine are clear evidence of political crime – an attempt at a bloody coup d’etat. Opposition forces: Arseniy Yatsenyuk (political party “Batkivschina”), Vitaliy Klitschko (Party “UDAR” – Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform), Oleg Tyagnybok (Party “Svoboda”), hierarchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Card. Lubomir Husar, Msgr. Boris Gudziak, Msgr. Sviatoslav Shevchuk) and also the organization “Initiative Group of 1st December” staged and led this coup in Ukraine. The so-called peaceful demonstrations, which exploited students, turned into violent political attacks on the police, into challenges of the opposition forces for the shedding of blood and for the overthrow of the Government and President. Unlawful blocking of administrative buildings of the government and an attempt to occupy them took place. There was only one reason: refusal to sign the Association Agreement with the EU.
Today, the EU and USA hypocritically and demagogically conceal the fact that, in reality, they supported a bloody coup in Ukraine. They constantly argue that there were peaceful demonstrations; nevertheless, crimes were proven by facts and testify to the contrary. Politicians intended to overthrow the government by means of demonstrations at any price. USA trained young revolutionaries through the mediation of various non-governmental organizations as well as directly at the U.S. Embassy, and together with the EU leadership supported the coup.
We demand that political and economic sanctions should be imposed on the leadership of the EU and U.S. Likewise we demand that the EU stop forcing Ukraine into signing the Association Agreement which is dangerous and destructive for Ukraine. We also ask the International Court of Justice, United Nations Secretary-General and European Court of Human Rights to demand resignation of President B. Obama and dissolution of the U.S. government. We demand that the same measures should be taken in relation to the EU. The reason: they supported and organized a coup in an independent and sovereign State. Such acts of the EU and the U.S. are criminal and must be punished.
+ Timothy OSBMr + Methodius OSBMr
Secretary Bishops of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
Copies to:
President of Ukraine V. Yanukovych
President of the Russian Federation V. Putin
President of Belarus A. Lukashenko
Mass media
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