There is currently "
no diplomatic solution
" to the war in Ukraine, said Sunday Irina Chtcherbakova, who co-founded the Russian human rights NGO Memorial, dissolved by the authorities and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2022.
“
I am absolutely convinced that there is no diplomatic solution with the Putin regime, as long as it is still there
”, declared in Hamburg Irina Chtcherbakova, who left Russia after the invasion of the Ukraine by Russian forces and currently resides in Germany.
"
The solution that presents itself now is a military solution
", even if later, diplomacy can play a role in the resolution of the conflict, she estimated, after receiving the Marion Doenhoff prize in Hamburg for her years of activism in Russia in the service of the cause of human rights.
"
But these decisions, this diplomacy can only be made when Ukraine feels that it has won the war and can put an end to it
", she continued.
According to the Russian activist, premature calls for peace are “
childish
”.
"
Nothing will ever be the same again
," she said.
The Marion Doenhoff Prize was presented to Irina Chtcherbakova by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Founded in 1989, Memorial has worked for decades to shed light on the crimes committed under Stalin's totalitarian regime and to preserve the memory of its victims while collecting information on the violation of freedoms and rights in Russia.
The organization was dissolved by the Russian justice at the end of 2021. Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize, the organization will receive the award in Oslo on Saturday December 10.
