ABSTRACT
The Russian Federation’s undeclared war against Ukraine is believed to open the age of the hybrid war. Besides application of political, diplomatic, economic, and other non-military measures for achieving political and military goals the Russian Federation commenced a pro-active engagement of post-truth narratives for justifying war crimes committed in Ukraine. Among them are exportation of cultural property from the occupied territories, forced displacement of persons by expulsion from the area in which they are lawfully present, facilitation of the fast-tracking adoption of the Ukrainian children from the occupied territories. Russian public officials act proactively in order to subvert and delegitimize the truth and disarm the threat of future prosecutions. They seek to substitute existing legal concepts, nullify the gravity of the war crimes in order to remove the very idea of imposing justice from the agenda. As a result, Russian efforts in shadowing war crimes reinforced by contemporary mass media may potentially come into conflict with the alleged decisions of international criminal justice institutions. Complex post-truth challenges require complex resolution based not solely on military and law enforcement actions, but must be supplemented by reaffirmation of true humanitarian values and comprehensive informational support based on well-established factual background.
