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FRANCE 24 spoke to Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 alongside the Russian NGO Memorial and Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski. Matviichuk has advocated for the creation of a “special tribunal” to hold Russian President Vladmir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and other high-ranking Russian officials accountable for the war in Ukraine.
2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk also believes the war waged by Russia in Ukraine has a “genocidal character” and claims that human rights defenders have documented for years how Russian troops “deliberately exterminate” local Ukrainian people.
“War is a real challenge,” Matviichuk said. According to her, victory for Ukraine “is not just to repeal Russian troops … but also means to succeed in our democratic transition”.
This story originally appeared on France24
