-8Mr. Grigory Prozukin, expert, Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Ms Sofia Sarenkova, Senior Associate, Ivanyan & Partners, Ms Elena Semykina, paralegal, Ivanyan & Partners, Ms Svetlana Shatalova, First Secretary, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ms Angelina Shchukina, Junior Associate, Ivanyan & Partners, Ms Kseniia Soloveva, Associate, Ivanyan & Partners, Ms Maria Zabolotskaya, Head of Division, Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ms Olga Zinchenko, Attaché, Department for Humanitarian Co-operation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, as Advisers, THE COURT, composed as above, after deliberation, delivers the following Judgment: 1. On 16 January 2017, the Government of Ukraine filed in the Registry of the Court an Application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation with regard to alleged violations by the latter of its obligations under the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism of 9 December 1999 (hereinafter the “ICSFT”) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 21 December 1965 (hereinafter “CERD”). 2. In its Application, Ukraine seeks to found the Court’s jurisdiction on Article 24, paragraph 1, of the ICSFT and on Article 22 of CERD, on the basis of Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court. 3. On 16 January 2017, Ukraine also submitted a Request for the indication of provisional measures, referring to Article 41 of the Statute and to Articles 73, 74 and 75 of the Rules of Court. 4. The Registrar immediately communicated the Application and the Request for the indication of provisional measures to the Government of the Russian Federation, in accordance with Article 40, paragraph 2, of the Statute and Article 73, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court, respectively. He also notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the filing of the Application and the Request for the indication of provisional measures by Ukraine.