Putin envoy accuses West of politicising international law

Ilya Rogachev, President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for international criminal-legal cooperation, has accused Western countries of an “aggressive” approach to international legal cooperation, saying their actions are driven by political interests rather than neutral legal principles.

Rogachev said “collective West” states were acting no less assertively in the legal sphere than in other areas,  Caliber.Az reports via Russian media.

Speaking at a BRICS seminar on depoliticised cooperation in criminal-legal affairs, Rogachev argued that politicisation in international legal cooperation remained a serious problem and claimed Western countries were advancing a “rules-based international order” to serve their own interests.

He also criticised the concept, contrasting international law with what he described as selectively applied “rules” governing relations between Western states and others.

He questioned the origin and legitimacy of such rules, saying it was unclear who had formulated them or on what basis.

By Aghakazim Guliyev