MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. The set of demands formally conveyed by Russia to Ukraine on the need to take counter-terrorism measures also contain specific pre-litigation claims sent through official channels, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"We are talking - and this is the most important thing - about pre-litigation claims that were sent through official channels. This is the necessary procedure," the diplomat said on Channel One television.
Zakharova explained that the relevant documents were sent to the Ukrainian government through diplomatic channels. "We are talking about the requirements of the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism," she recalled. "We are talking about demands for the immediate arrest and extradition of all those involved in these terrorist attacks [perpetrated on Russian soil]," the diplomat emphasized.
Among Moscow’s demands is that Kiev arrest Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) head Vasily Malyuk, who "cynically admitted on March 25 that Ukraine had organized the bombing of the Crimean Bridge in October 2022 and revealed details of the organization of other terrorist attacks in Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry reported earlier.