UNITED NATIONS, October 27. /TASS/. Russia does not recognize the mandate of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine and rejects its findings as being based on fabricated data, Moscow’s permanent mission to the United Nations said in a statement, commenting on a report presented to the UN General Assembly.
"Russia does not recognize the mandate of the commission, which was established by a resolution adopted by the politicized UN Human Rights Council. The commission's conclusions are based on fabricated data provided by the Ukrainian authorities through the Kiev mission of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights," the statement reads.
"The mission has long lost its neutrality, effectively turning into an agency seeking to legitimize allegations against Russia while failing to notice crimes committed by the Ukrainian armed forces," Russian diplomats said. In their view, the very existence and activities of the commission on Ukraine expose a crisis in the United Nations’ work that needs to be addressed.