Moscow-backed pundits (click here) have also begun normalizing the idea of publicly hanging Ukrainians who are fighting against Russia's war
Russian state TV calls for REPARATIONS from the US over sanctions: Putin's lapdogs demand return of 'Alaska and California's Fort Ross', threaten nuclear strikes on US,...But, I thought there was no war for the Russian people?
They are barbaric. There is not another word to use to describe this Russian leadeship, including oligarchs. I think The West put on a happy face for far too long. There is nothing to be happy about. What about Russia did we ever embrace that has proven to be benevolent? Russia was accepted globally among First World countries because it is a nuclear power. Now, The West sees what a mistake it was to trust Russia as if a valuable partner in seeking world peace.
Russia had absolutely no place on the Council of Europe, but, yet it was tolerated.
Russia on Tuesday quit the Council of Europe, (click here) a human rights watchdog based in Strasbourg, pre-empting possible expulsion over its attack on its neighbour Ukraine.
Pyotr Tolstoy, head of the Russian delegation at the Council's Parliamentary Assembly, said on his Telegram channel that he had handed over a letter from Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announcing Moscow's decision.
The Council of Europe, whose brief is to uphold human rights and the rule of law and is separate from the European Union, had suspended Russia's membership on Feb. 25, the day after it invaded Ukraine....
From Amnesty International:
Civilians whose homes have been destroyed (click here) and others fearing for their lives forced to flee Russian bombardment must be granted access to safe humanitarian corridors, Amnesty International said today.
To date, thousands of people have been living under unlawful bombardment, while millions of people have been forcibly displaced over the course of two weeks of conflict in Ukraine. Russian forces’ assault on civilian populations and wanton destruction of the infrastructure of daily life violate the Geneva Conventions and international human rights law and must cease....
Ukraine was asked to eliminate corruption in order to do business with the EU. It did backflips to achieve that goal. Zelenskyy's administration is a complete reversal of corruption for the pure idea of being WORTHY of trade with the EU. Russia never had to perform that act of worthiness anywhere in the world.
