By Matthew Roscoe • Published: 28 Apr 2022 • 11:58
Russia refusing to accept return of deceased soldiers Image: @DonaldDucksIt
UKRAINE thanked a European council for ‘efforts to set up a special ad hoc tribunal’ aimed at convicting Russia of ‘war crimes‘ which Putin’s forces are alleged to have carried out in Ukraine.
A tweet from Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday, April 29, praised the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for demanding accountability for Russian ‘crimes of aggression’.
Dmytro Kuleba wrote: “Grateful to @PACE_News for demanding accountability for Russian war crimes and endorsing efforts to set up a special ad hoc tribunal for the crime of aggression.
He added: “I call on all states to join the establishment of such Tribunal.
“Together, we will hold Russian leadership to account,” he said.
https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1519608753405972481
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is made up of 306 parliamentarians from 46 Council of Europe nations which “speaks for 700 million Europeans on human rights and democracy.”
On April 5, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said he wanted swift justice for those responsible of ‘war crimes’ in the Ukrainian city of Bucha – which was alleged to contain mass graves of innocent Ukrainian civilians.
The organisation’s secretary-general said at the time that killing civilians is a “war crime” and called for all those responsible for massacres like the one in Bucha to be brought to justice.
“Targeting and killing civilians is a war crime. All the facts must be established and all those responsible for these atrocities must be brought to justice,” he said.
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An International Tribunal on war crimes in the former Soviet sphere of power offers a great opportunity for the introduction of a democracy and helps the opposition to gain more support at the ballot boxes in Russia. In the media, the USSR and its Stalinist regime of injustice have been condemned since its existence:
to eliminate the Soviet community of states from its Stalinist leadership through the Cold War, and when the West finally succeeded – to put Stalin and Hitler on a par in the Free World and to give Stalinism the main blame for the World War.
Instructions for action were given on the orders of the ‘leader of the Free World’. Colonel Putin was supposed to convey peace in order to win the hearts and minds of his citizens and those of neighboring states after 20 years of the presidency: a just peace also allowed the Russian president to win over the opposing propaganda.
Why is Graf von Stauffenberg the role model of Colonel Putin’s symbolic figure of anti-fascist resistance in Europe? At the latest since then, under the guise of “fighting terrorism”, we know that the state-prescribed confrontation with Nazism or Stalinism is just a farce.
Stalinism is making a comeback, with statues and plaques honoring the dictator going up throughout Russia. Next to the monument, a man is waiting, a paper of his speech on which he has outlined his creed. The Stalin monument is dedicated to the victory over Hitler with parades, fireworks and hymns, which all of Russia celebrates. Stalin is back and finally has a place in history.
Colonel Putin was supposed to convey peace in order to win the hearts and minds of his citizens and those of neighboring states after 20 years of the presidency: a just peace may also have allowed the Russian president to win over the opposing propaganda. But his fight continues.
The mood changed, though, once Putin came to power: to reincarnate the Soviet community of states from its Stalinist leadership through the Cold War, and when the FSB-Colonel finally failed – if Stalin put Hitler on a par with the Free World and to ave Nazism the main blame for the World War. In their eyes, World War II didn’t end with one dictator defeating another, but with good prevailing over evil. Putin has been waiting 20 years for this moment. In his eyes, Russia has betrayed Stalin’s legacy for 70 years.
A Soviet Dictator erased from honoring a mass killer. Russian Veterans conquered the Reichstag in June 1953. The crowd cheers as Stalin is revealed in the glittering sunlight. The “Man of Steel” called one of the biggest criminals of the Soviet Union. Colonel Putin is convinced that he will never see the return of the Communists. Albeit, Kremlin has erected monuments to the Soviet dictator. But an event that triggered a swelling of imperial fantasies. Stalin admirers like Aleksei Navalny are hardly a new phenomenon in Russia. The Russian president, of course, isn’t a Stalinist, but he is an able technician of power. Even though he dedicated a monument to the victims of Stalinism in the heart of Moscow. Rather, they admire the decisive military leader who managed to help protect the Soviet homeland from fascism. Many Stalinists hate Putin.
From a variety of work on foreign policy analysis, the leader of great power is known: Colonel Puitin is more likeley to deliberate difficult decisions in order to ensure the independent development of the Russian Federation. The Kremlin accused a European council for ‘efforts to set up a special ad hoc tribunal’ aimed at convicting Russia of ‘war crimes‘ which Putin’s forces are alleged to have carried out in Ukraine.
Whereas Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba praised the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for demanding accountability for Russian ‘crimes of aggression’. European officials said at the time that killing civilians is a “war crime” and called for all those responsible for massacres like the one in Bucha to be brought to justice.
Ulysses S. Grant wrote “In positions of great responsibility every one should do his duty to the best of his ability.” President William McKinley used the saying that › With great power comes great responsibility ›. To help illuminate this systemic conflict, Putin may display a façade of power to foster the global status. Colonel Putin shall be held accountable at the International Tribunal. But it was not officially confirmed until today that this court becomes the sender of the indictment.
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