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"France has become the first major western state to publicly back the creation
of a special tribunal to try senior Russian officials – potentially including
Vladimir Putin – for the crime of aggression in Ukraine.
The French foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it was working with its
European partners on the proposal. The statement came after the European Union
and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, lent
support for the tribunal in a speech on the bloc’s plans for Ukraine.
The defendants at such a tribunal would be those with decision-making power
involved in committing the crime of aggression, meaning the transgression of
Ukraine’s borders by the Russian military. This would very probably mean just a
handful of figures, including Putin as well as other figures such as the
foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu.
If they were convicted, even in absentia, the sentence would set in stone
current relations with Russia by labelling Putin and his team international
criminals and make sitting down at the negotiating table nearly impossible.
France’s announcement is a strong indicator that the west is becoming
disillusioned with the prospect of negotiations with Russia."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
