Russia snubs World Court

Russia did not attend a World Court hearing in a lawsuit brought by Ukraine seeking to halt hostilities on its territory.

Russia’s foreign ministry in its first public statement on the matter, said it did not show up in court because of the “absurdity” of the suit.

Russia did not attend hearings on Monday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is the U.N. court for resolving disputes between nations.

Ukraine argued that Russia had wrongly tried to justify its invasion on false assertions that it was attacking in self defence to prevent genocide.