Is it true that Zelensky signed a decree on the territorial claims of Ukraine to several Russian regions?

On January 22, 2024, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that in the recent decree of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv’s claims to six regions of Russia were put forward. We checked what is actually written in this decree.

IN Coateness Day, which is celebrated in Ukraine on January 22, president of this country Vladimir Zelensky announced On the signing of the Decree "On Historically populated by Ukrainians, the territories of the Russian Federation." Commenting the document in his Telegram channel (1.5 million views at the time of writing this analysis), Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev wrotethat Zelensky thus claims the territorial claims of Ukraine to part of the international recognized territory of Russia. These words were picked up by large Russian federal media. So, the agency TASS Wrote: “Medvedev compared Kyiv’s claims to the Kuban with the prospect of“ attach Canada ”, and“Moscow Komsomolets"I released a note with the heading" Medvedev called the territorial claims of Zelensky to Russia propaganda. " In the same way, many popular Telegram channels, in particular "wrote about the new decree of Zelensky, wroteThe world today with "Yuri Podolyak""(1.6 million views), Readovka (880 000), "The ax live"(727 000),"Operation Z: Warrixes of Russian Spring"(668 000). Telegram channel "The logic of Markov»Passed the version that the decree of Zelensky was dictated by Washington's plans to transfer part of the regions of Russia" for violent Ukrainization. "

According to the "large legal dictionary" edited by Dodonov, Territorial claim - This is the claim of one state into the territory of another in order to establish its sovereignty over it.

Decree The President of Ukraine No. 17/2024, which is being discussed, was on the day of signing, January 22, published on the website of the Ukrainian leader, and checking its content is not difficult. The first paragraph of the document states that “Russia for centuries systematically performed actions aimed at destroying national identity, oppressing Ukrainians, violation of their rights and freedoms” in the territories “historically inhabited by Ukrainians”. Among these, the document lists the Kuban, Starodubshchina, North and Eastern Slobozhanshchina within the modern Krasnodar Territory, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk and Rostov regions of the Russian Federation.

Further, the decree has emphasized the need to comply with Russia for its international obligations to provide for Ukrainians living on its territory:

• rights to receive education in Ukrainian and its free use;
• civil, social, cultural and religious rights;
• access rights to the Ukrainian -speaking media;
• Rights to a peaceful assembly.

In this regard, the President of Ukraine instructed the country's government to develop an action plan to preserve the national identity of Ukrainians in the Russian Federation, including the lands historically populated by them. One of the points of this plan is to create a center for collecting information about crimes against Ukrainians in Russia, on compulsory Russification, political repressions and deportations. Among other tasks - preserving the historical memory of these events.

It also follows from the decree that the cabinet of ministers should more actively deal with Russian propaganda and debunk Russian myths about Ukraine. In particular, the government, together with the National Academy of Sciences, should be engaged in the preparation and distribution of materials about Ukrainian statehood and the territories that are now part of the Russian Federation where ethnic Ukrainians have historically live. It is planned to include materials about the past of ethnic Ukrainians on the lands on historically populated lands within the Russian Federation. Another point of the action plan, the preparation of which Zelensky expects from ministers, is “the development of interaction between Ukrainians and the peoples enslaved by Russia”. In other words, in the text of the decree there is not a word about the desire of Ukraine to establish a sovereignty over any international recognized Russian territories and the accession of the lands of the Kuban, Rostov, Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk to Ukraine. They say Some bloggers. In the document, Zelensky only gives an order to the government of the country to prepare a set of measures to preserve the national identity of Ukrainians living in Russia.

Photo on the cover: Telegram channel "The logic of Markov"

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