The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has largely authorized a lawsuit by Kiev against Moscow in connection with the Russian war against Ukraine, and will now open main proceedings. The highest court of the United Nations rejected most of Moscow’s objections to the proceedings on Friday in The Hague. At the heart of the lawsuit is Russia’s justification for its invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago that millions of people in eastern Ukraine needed to be protected from genocide. Ukraine rejected the accusations and sued its neighbour shortly after the full-scale Russian invas…