DOKTRYNA „RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT W PRAKTYCE POLITYCZNEJ ROSJI
THE DOCTRINE OF "RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT" IN THE POLITICAL PRACTICE OF RUSSIA

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the doctrine of "Responsibility to protect", formulated in 2001 andadopted by the United Nations. It is the duty of states to protect their citizens againstwar crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansings. If the state doesnot want to or can not do it, according to the R2P doctrine, this responsibility must betaken over by the international community. This doctrine is a limitation in respect forthe principle of sovereignty, but its use requires meeting conditions such as the actualthreat of war crimes, the need to involve many states in the event of a decision tointervene armed, earlier use of non-military means of conflict resolution, and acceptanceby the UN Security Council. The authors explained how the Russian Federationmanaged to effectively circumvent the norms of international law, justifying itsaggressive policy towards Georgia and Ukraine.

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