Economic Affairs
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue: 2

Legal consequences of economic and financial damage caused to cultural heritage: The case of Armed Aggression Against Ukraine

  • Author:
  • Volodymyr Zahorskyi1,*, Nataliia Klietsova2,7, Valerii Bortniak3, Volodymyr Hornyk4, Anatolii Putintsev5, Olena Yevmieshkina6
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Published Online: Mar 3, 2025
  • Page Number: 967 to 977

1National Forestry University of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv, Ukraine

2Department of International Relations, HR Business School, University of Hertfordshire (UI), ALIO 9AB, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK

3Department of Public and Private Law, Kyiv V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Kyiv, Ukraine

4Educational and Research Institute of Management, Economy and Ecology of the V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Kyiv, Ukraine

5Department of Finance and Accounting, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Kyiv, Ukraine

6Department of Public Administration and Economy, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National, Kyiv, Ukraine

7Sumy National Agrarian University, Herasyma Kondratieva Str., Sumy, Ukraine

*Corresponding author: scientistua@ukr.net (ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3260-3271)

Online published on 3 March, 2025.

Abstract

The article attempts complex comprehension of the acute issue concerning reimbursement of economic and financial damage caused by the full-scale armed aggression of Russian Federation against Ukraine. Based on historical retrospect, the authors analyze the legal consequences of damage to cultural heritage, research efforts of international organizations, and approval of appropriate documents, highlight available precedents and solutions, and outline possible vectors of actions for Ukraine.

⓿ The article is devoted to the analysis of provisions and precedents in the field of legal consequences of damage caused to cultural heritage during war conflicts and makes an attempt to refract the experience accumulated by the world community to the case of Russia’ war aggression towards Ukraine and destruction of its cultural property and cultural heritage. The practical significance of the study lies in outlining of possible concerns and vectors of action for Ukraine.

Keywords

Damage to cultural heritage, Armed aggression, HR management, Cultural property, Reparations