The Permanent Representative took part in the discussion panel “War and Crimea: How a full-scale invasion gives us back the peninsula” during the First Session of the Ukrainian School of Political Studies in 2023.

Ms. Tasheva reminded the audience that after the de-occupation of Crimea, Ukraine will have to apply new mechanisms for lustration and amnesty, reform legislation on punishment for collaboration, as it currently provides for a too broad definition of collaboration and does not take into account the context of the occupation of Crimea. The panel also discussed property law and the expulsion of Russians who illegally entered the peninsula after 2014.

A separate topic of the panel was repressions and illegal sentences against Ukrainian citizens in the occupied Crimea. The Permanent Representative reminded that Russia is currently illegally detaining 182 political prisoners, 116 of whom are Crimean Tatars.

In particular, Ms. Tasheva spoke about the state’s vision of human resources policy on the de-occupied peninsula and how Ukraine is already training specialists for the liberated Crimea.

The discussion panel was moderated by Maria Tomak, Head of the Crimean Platform’s Support Service.

We are grateful to the Ukrainian School of Political Studies for organizing and holding such important discussions, in particular about the Ukrainian – still occupied – peninsula. Such initiatives unite opinions and become the beginning of a synergy of actions on the way to our main goal – the victory of Ukraine and the liberation of Crimea.