According to a co-founder of the Russian rights organisation Memorial, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, there is now no diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine.
Irina Scherbakova stated, “I am absolutely convinced that there is no diplomatic solution with Putin’s regime, so long as it is still in place. During a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, when Scherbakova received a medal for her work in promoting human rights, she stated, “The answer that there will now be is a military one.”
She predicted that the crisis would finally be settled diplomatically. However, she added, “These choices, this diplomacy, won’t take place until Ukraine believes it has won this conflict and can define its terms.
Russian activist Anna Scherbakova has been awarded a German prize for her work on human rights in her home country. Memorial, founded in 1989, shed light on terrors from the era of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, while also compiling information on ongoing political oppression in Russia. Her organisation will be presented with the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on December 10. Memorial was awarded the prize along with fellow campaigners the Centre for Civil Liberties in Ukraine and Belarussian activist Ales Bialiatski.
